Order of the Liberator as precedent the "Medal of Distinction with the bust of the Liberator" created on March 11, 1854 under the presidency of José Gregorio Monagas and before that, the "Order of the Liberators" created by Simón Bolívar in 1813. In 2010, the National Assembly of Venezuela decided to officially abolish the distinction and replace it with the newly created Order of the Liberators of Venezuela - itself a revival of the very same medal created by no less than Simón Bolívar in 1813 mandated to honor participants of the Admirable Campaign. The new order, unlike its predecessor, has 3 classes, in
Simon Bolivar Buckner Simon Bolivar Buckner Simon Bolivar Buckner (April 1, 1823 – January 8, 1914) was an American soldier and politician who fought in the United States Army in the Mexican–American War and in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He later served as the 30th Governor of Kentucky. After graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Buckner became an instructor there. He took a hiatus from teaching to serve in the Mexican–American War, participating in many of the major battles of that conflict. He resigned from the army in 1855 to manage his father-in-law's real