Park University Collaborates with Callsign Brewing on Valor Medals Examination Initiative Progress Report
The George S. Robb Centre for the Study of the Great War at Park University's ongoing Valor Medals Review Project, which focuses on minority veterans from World War I who may have been unjustly denied high-level valor awards due to race or religion, has been extended until December 31, 2028.
The extension was signed into legislation by President Joe Biden in December 2023, following approval from both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives via the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The Valor Medals Review Project, initiated by a resolution of the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission in June 2018, is a systematic review of over 200 servicemembers, including 105 Jewish Americans, 73 African Americans, 24 Native Americans, 11 Hispanic Americans, and one Asian American. The project's focus is on service members who may have been worthy of a Medal of Honor but were downgraded to a Distinguished Service Cross/Navy Cross and/or a French Croix de Guerre with Palm and/or have an archived Medal of Honor recommendation.
Tim Westcott, Ph.D., director of the Robb Centre and professor of history and associate archivist at Park University, will lead the project and present at an event related to the Valor Medals Review Project on Tuesday, June 25, at Callsign Brewing in North Kansas City, Mo. Damon Grosvenor, a senior history major, and Martin Roberson, a junior secondary education/social science major, will also present at the event.
Lorraine Moore, executive director of the Riverside (Mo.) Area Chamber of Commerce and former development director at Park University, will moderate the discussion. The event begins with a reception at 6:30 p.m., and the program runs from 7 to 8 p.m.
For more information about the Valor Medals Review Project, visit the George S. Robb Centre's website. The public is encouraged to attend the event to learn more about this important project and its ongoing efforts to right historical wrongs.
- Education and self-development opportunities will be available at an event related to the Valor Medals Review Project on June 25, as Tim Westcott, Damon Grosvenor, and Martin Roberson will present about the project and its findings.
- The Valor Medals Review Project, focusing on education-and-self-development through the discovery and reevaluation of minority veterans' valor awards during World War I, has been extended until December 31, 2028, in an effort to right historical wrongs.
