DC family’s 47 years of crafting Kennedy Center medals comes to an end

D.C., DC — A D.C. family has made the iconic rainbow medals for the Kennedy Center Honors for the past 47 years. That was until this year, when they received a letter that the Kennedy Center will be going a different way this year.

James Baturin has been making the medals since 1978. He said when President Trump took control of the Kennedy Center board, he knew changes were coming.

“It was hard to believe. Hard to believe after 47 years of doing these that they were actually going to change them. Because they’re iconic,” he said…

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