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The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration in the United States.

Recipients have done the improbable, the unexpected, showing immense bravery and sacrifice in the name of something much bigger than themselves.

This medal is for the men who went down that day.

On Medal of Honor, stories of courage, you'll hear about these heroes and what their

stories tell us about the nature of bravery.

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On this episode of News World, the lives of these men are essential to understand the

American form of government and our ideals of liberty. The founding fathers all played key

roles in securing American independence from Great Britain and in the creation of the

government of the United States of America. And now, the life of Samuel Adams.

When you go back to the beginning, you realize that Samuel Adams was almost born to be a rebel and a troublemaker. In college, he was reprimanded for missing morning prayer. His senior year, he was caught drinking on campus,

a much more shocking event back then, although his father owned a brewery, so maybe drinking on campus wasn't all that surprising. He was born to a very wealthy and religious family on September 27,

1722. He was the 10th of 12 children. We tend to forget sometimes both how many children,

colonial family said, and also how many of they lost. Only Samuel Adams and two of his siblings

made it past childhood. That's three out of 12. Nine did not survive childhood. His father, Sam Latham Sr., was a deacon of the congregational church, ran a brewery, and was deeply involved in politics.

Remember, by the way, that back at a time when we did not have clean drinkable water, beer really matters.

And it's very significant. In fact, Guinness Stout, which is one of my favorite beers, was actually invented in Ireland as a health drink because it was better for you than either hard liquor or water.

The founder of Guinness Stout actually got an award for doing something involving public health.

So when you talk about people running breweries,

it's a much different world in the 18th century. Sam Adams was growing up, and he loved politics.

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