THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Year Dedicated: 2003
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR II, KOREAN WAR AND VIETNAM WAR
Photograph By: WILLIAM FISCHER, JR.
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
THE PURPLE HEART WAS ESTABLISHED BY GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON IN 1782. AT THAT TIME IT WAS CALLED BADGE OF MILITARY MERIT. IN 1932 IT BECAME KNOWN AS THE PURPLE HEART AND IS AWARDED ONLY FOR COMBAT WOUNDED VETERANS.
“THEY TOO, SPOKE FOR YOUR FREEDOM AND PAID WITH THEIR BLOOD.”
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