August 7 marks National Purple Heart Day, a day dedicated to honoring recipients of this prestigious award. More than 1.8 million Purple Heart medals have been presented to service members since the ...

The Purple Heart Medal is linked to the Badge of Military Merit established by George Washington during the Revolutionary War when he pinned a purple, cloth-shaped heart on three men's chests. (Maj.

Today is Purple Heart Appreciation Day. While the Medal of Honor is still the highest military decoration, the Purple Heart is the oldest. It began as the Badge of Military Merit ... an extraordinary ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – August 7th is Purple Heart Day, which commemorates the creation of the oldest American military decoration for military merit. The National Day Calendar states that the Purple ...

George Washington was born on Feb. 22, in 1732, so to celebrate let’s talk about his plan to honor the weary troops that fought the Revolutionary War. In 1782, as the Revolutionary War was winding ...