page_title: Whittaker Chambers
section_title: Presidential Medal of Freedom
hierarchical_section_title: Whittaker Chambers / Legacy / Presidential Medal of Freedom
caption_attribution_description: English: The general badge of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, with its various components. This specific medal was presented to Bob Hope.
context_page_description: Whittaker Chambers, was an American writer-editor, who, after early years as a member of the Communist Party member and Soviet spy, defected from the Soviet underground, worked for Time magazine, and then testified about the Ware group in what became the Hiss case for perjury, often referred to as the trial of the century, all described in his 1952 memoir Witness. Afterwards, he worked as a senior editor at National Review. US President Ronald Reagan awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1984.
context_section_description: In 1984, President Ronald Reagan posthumously awarded Chambers the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for his contribution to "the century's epic struggle between freedom and totalitarianism". In 1988, Interior Secretary Donald P. Hodel granted national landmark status to the Pipe Creek Farm. In 2001, members of the George W. Bush Administration held a private ceremony to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Chambers's birth. Speakers included William F. Buckley, Jr.
caption: Chambers received the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously from President Ronald Reagan in 1984
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