The publicity people for the celebration had billed it as the first medal to be issued pursuant to an act of Congress, but in October 1925, Mint Director Robert J. Grant learned that a medal had been authorized by Congress for the centennial of American independence in 1876, and it had been issued in different sizes.
庆典活动的宣传人士声称这是国会首度通过法案发行勋章，但铸币局局长罗伯特·格兰特（Robert J. Grant）于1925年10月得知，国会曾于1876年发行美国独立百年纪念勋章，并且还曾发行过多种尺寸。