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1983 Presidential Medal of Freedom
James Burnham helped [[William Buckley]] found [[National Review]] in 1955,<ref>{{cite book|url=
James Burnham helped [[William Buckley]] found [[National Review]] in 1955,<ref>{{cite book|url=
https://books.google.com/books?id=z9hqlf1HIZIC&pg=PR19|last1=Burnham|first1=James|title=Congress and the American Tradition|date=1959|publisher=Transaction Publishers|pages=19}}</ref> being its first editor.
https://books.google.com/books?id=z9hqlf1HIZIC&pg=PR19|last1=Burnham|first1=James|title=Congress and the American Tradition|date=1959|publisher=Transaction Publishers|pages=19}}</ref> being its first editor.
==Later Years==
On February 23, 1983, [[President Reagan]] awarded Burnham with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.<ref>[http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1983/22383c.htm Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Presidential Medal of Freedom. February 23, 1983]</ref> Reagan gave the following short remarks: "''As a scholar, writer, historian and philosopher, James Burnham has profoundly affected the way America views itself and the world. Since the 1930's, Mr. Burnham has shaped the thinking of world leaders. His observations have changed society and his writings have become guiding lights in mankind's quest for truth. Freedom, reason and decency have had few greater champions in this century than James Burnham."
==Passing==
==Passing==