Medal of Honor para B.B. King

A medalha de honra é a principal condecoração civil Americana. No discurso de entrega da medalha a King, Bush disse: "It has been said that when John Lennon was asked to name his great ambition, he said, 'to play the guitar like B.B. King. Many musicians have had that same goal but nobody has ever been able to match the skill, or copy the sound of The King of the Blues."