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===Awards=== Seeger received many awards and recognitions throughout his career, including: * Induction into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] (1972)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C76|title=Songwriters Hall of Fame – Pete Seeger Exhibit Home|year=1972|publisher=songwritershalloffame.org|access-date=January 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209232609/http://songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C76|archive-date=February 9, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> * The [[Eugene V. Debs]] Award (1979) * The [[Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award]] (1986) * The [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]] (1993)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/lifetime-awards |title=Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards |publisher=Grammy.org |access-date=August 28, 2012 |archive-date=July 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703201633/https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/lifetime-awards |url-status=dead }}</ref> * The [[National Medal of Arts]] from the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] (1994) * [[Kennedy Center Honors|Kennedy Center Honor]] (1994) * The Harvard Arts Medal (1996) * The James Smithson Bicentennial Medal (1996)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsdesk.si.edu/about/awards|title=Awards and Medals: 1996|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=January 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617144849/http://newsdesk.si.edu/about/awards|archive-date=June 17, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> * Induction into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] (1996) * [[Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album]] of 1996 for his record ''Pete'' (1997) * The Felix Varela Medal, [[Cuba]]'s highest honor for "his humanistic and artistic work in defense of the environment and against racism" (1999) * The [[Schneider Family Book Award]] for his children's picture book ''The Deaf Musicians''. (2007) * The [[Mid-Hudson Civic Center]] Hall of Fame (2008)- Seeger and Arlo Guthrie performed the first public concert at the Poughkeepsie, New York not-for-profit family entertainment venue, close to Seeger's home, in 1976. Grandson Tao Rodríguez-Seeger accepted the Hall of Fame plaque on behalf of his grandfather. * [[Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album]] of 2008 for his record ''At 89'' (2009) * The Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award<ref>[http://www.peaceabbey.org/cofc-award/award-recipients/ Courage of Conscience Award Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610041225/http://www.peaceabbey.org/cofc-award/award-recipients/ |date=June 10, 2014 }} Retrieved August 7, 2012.</ref> for his commitment to peace and social justice as a musician, songwriter, activist, and environmentalist that spans over sixty years. (2008) * [[The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize]] (2009) *[[Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children]] of 2010 for his record album ''Tomorrow's Children'' with the Rivertown Kids and Friends (2011) * [[George Peabody Medal]] (2013) * [[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album]] of 2013 nomination for ''Pete Seeger: The Storm King; Stories, Narratives, Poems'' (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peteseegerthestormking.com/|title=Pete Seeger: The Storm King Project|website=Peteseegerthestormking.com|access-date=January 29, 2014|archive-date=January 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116003618/http://peteseegerthestormking.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees?genre=32|title=56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees: Best Spoken Word Album|date=January 2014|publisher=grammy.com|access-date=January 29, 2014|archive-date=January 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130075903/http://www.grammy.com/nominees?genre=32|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Woody Guthrie]] Prize (2014) (inaugural recipient)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/02/22/pete-seeger-woody-guthrie-prize/5729229/|title=Pete Seeger gets a posthumous prize — and a sing-along|website=USA Today|access-date=2018-01-26|language=en|archive-date=January 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127085532/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/02/22/pete-seeger-woody-guthrie-prize/5729229/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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