H. CON. RES. 126 allows the use of the Capitol's rotunda on September 10, 2024, for a ceremony to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal. This medal honors the servicemembers who died in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021, during the evacuation of U.S. citizens and Afghan...
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This bill allows a special ceremony to happen in a big room at the Capitol to remember and honor soldiers who lost their lives helping people in Afghanistan in 2021, by giving them a special gold medal. The ceremony will take place on September 10, 2024, but there are some questions about what will happen during the event and why that date was chosen.