First proposed during the
John F. Kennedy administration in 1962 as the
Hall of Fame, the Hall of Honor was opened in 1988. Honorees are selected each year by a panel inside the Department of Labor. All have been recognized
posthumously with the exceptions of 2012 inductee
Dolores Huerta and 2024 inductee President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. President Biden is the first living and the first current President inducted. President Reagan was inducted posthumously during the Trump administration in 2018. https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osec/osec20241216-0 President Biden was honored as part of the ceremony designating the Frances Perkins Homestead in Maine as a National Historic Landmark under the authority granted by the Antiquities Act. https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/secretary-haaland-joins-president-biden-as-he-designates-frances-perkins-national-monument.htm == Inductees ==