A Lifelong Advocate For Liberty
"We couldn't be more proud to have such a strong advocate for liberty on our board and we congratulate him on this momentous award."
This week I have the honor of announcing that Frontier board member Lawrence W. Reed will be awarded the Grand Cross of Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, the highest honor Poland bestows upon a foreigner. To give you an idea of just how momentous this award is – President Ronald Reagan was a previous recipient of the award.
Reed has long been a champion for liberty, authoring numerous books and columns to help readers understand concepts central to a thriving free society such as competition and mutual benefit.
He first visited Poland in 1986 when the country was still under a communist regime. Since then he has made Poland a major focus of his literary work, including working to have the pro-liberty books translated and distributed through Poland’s underground.
We couldn’t be more proud to have such a strong advocate for liberty on our board and we congratulate him on this momentous award.
To find a list of all of Reed’s columns you can click HERE.
For Liberty,
Tanner Avery
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