The United States Congress has designated March 25th of each year as National Medal of Honor Day, a day dedicated to Medal of Honor recipients. (Public Law 101-564) Conceived in the State of Washington, this holiday should be one of our most revered.

The date of March 25th was chosen to highlight this special day because it was on March 25 (1863) that the first Medals of Honor were presented to six members of Andrews’ Raiders.