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Mar 1, 2014

Raul Ruiz, Congressman, California’s 36th District, reads the proclamation for a Congressional Gold Medal to retired Montford Point Marine Joseph Beaver at the Tolerance Education Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., Feb. 24. In 2011, President Barack Obama signed legislation that honored the Montford Point Marines with the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor awarded to a civilian by Congress. (Official Marine Corps Photo By Lance Cpl. Kasey Peacock/Released)

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