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President Ronald Reagan present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Mother Teresa



President Ronald Reagan present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Mother Teresa

First Lady Nancy Reagan watches as her husband U.S. President Ronald Reagan present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor and dying in Calcutta, India, during a White House Ceremony on June 20, 1985. The President called Mother Teresa a “heroine of our time.” (UPI Photo/Vince Mannino/Files)

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