An army officer holds the Medal of Honor before U.S. President Barack Obama presented it posthumously to U.S. Army First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing for heroism during the Battle of Gettysburg in the Civil War, giving to his relative Helen Loring Ensign, of Palm Desert, California, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, November 6, 2014. The Medal of Honor, the highest U.S. award for bravery, was awarded to Cushing, the commander of an Army artillery battery, 151 years after he was killed at the Battle of Gettysburg, a turning point of the 1861-65 Civil War. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT)