Paul Maynard was killed in World War I. Friday, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal presented the Maynard family with a Purple Heart medal. Paul Maynard from Torrington died on Nov. 11, 1918, the last ...

That's why the gold medal on a purple ribbon bears the profile of Washington. The original badge was directed by Washington to be “the figure of a heart in purple cloth, or silk, edged with ...

President Donald Trump’s executive order ending diversity, equity and inclusion efforts within the federal government has ...

Sullivan's Purple Heart Medal National Museum of African American History and ... Museum of African American History and Culture Framed photograph of an unidentified WWI sailor National Museum of ...

Army Capt. James McDaniel was diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury by doctors with the Department of Veterans Affairs after ...

But due to "racial inequalities in the United States at that time," Fletcher never received his Purple Heart, a medal given to military members who are either wounded or killed by the enemy during ...