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Here's To You, Dad: HuffPost Readers Share Their Father's Day Stories

Jun. 21, 2009
On Thursday, we asked for your stories about your dads affected your lives. We were truly touched by some of the submissions we received. Read on (and Happy Father's Day!): One Father's Day, I was sitting with my father watching my 12-year-old son, Michael, mow Dad's backyard on a riding mower,...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch