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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;andrew289, post: 508689, member: 6463&quot;]The Pan American Medal was presented to Carnegie by the American Republics. It was the first time in history that such a tribute from so many nations had been paid to an individual. The honor was bestowed upon him by the Pan-American conference in Buenos Aires. 160 million people from 21 sovereign nations.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you could only find a copy of the 1911 ceremony program:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Presentation-Pan-American-medal-Andrew-Carnegie/dp/B00089M99I" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Presentation-Pan-American-medal-Andrew-Carnegie/dp/B00089M99I" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Presentation-Pan-American-medal-Andrew-Carnegie/dp/B00089M99I</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here the 1911 news article from the NYT.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9507E3D91439E333A25755C0A9639C946096D6CF" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9507E3D91439E333A25755C0A9639C946096D6CF" rel="nofollow">http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9507E3D91439E333A25755C0A9639C946096D6CF</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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