BASEBALL LEGEND JACKIE ROBINSON GETS CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL
U.S. President George W. Bush applauds as Rachel Robinson, wife of Jackie Robinson, shakes hands with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, during a ceremony where baseball great Jackie Robinson was awarded a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on March 2, 2005. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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