Smiling for a photograph, Walt Disney is excited to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
On this day in 1964, Walt Disney was in Washington, D.C., for a special honor, to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. At a noon ceremony in the East Room of the White House, President Lyndon B. Johnson said, “What America is to be, America will be, because of our trust in and of the individual and of his capacity for excellence.” Disney was a pioneer of the American animation industry, and introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. He is one of the most influential people of his time.
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