Saturday, August 7, 2021

TODAY IS PURPLE HEART DAY

During the Revolutionary War, General George Washington wanted to recognize soldiers for their merit but was not allowed to do this by promoting them. 

So, on August 7, 1782, Washington ordered the establishment of the Badge of Military Merit. He in part said, "The General ever desirous to cherish virtuous ambition in his soldiers, as well as to foster and encourage every species of Military merit, directs that whenever any singularly meritorious action is performed...READ MORE AT https://www.checkiday.com/9a2124631b4f8121a2429e0eb4fa10ff/purple-heart-day

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THESE ADDITIONAL ITEMS:

--CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO SEE THE CORTLANDT TOWN HALL MONUMENT erected by the Military Order of The Purple Heart. 

--1943, SGT. HAROLD EKLOF, PURPLE HEART AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY TO POST WAAC, CROTON-ON-HUDSON; READ MORE HERE

--For those who don't know, Cortlandt was named the first Purple Heart Town in New York State by the Military Order of the Purple Heart Veterans Chapter 21 in 2013. You can read more about that here.

--For more about PURPLE HEART HOMES DOWNSTATE CHAPTER, visit their FB page at https://www.facebook.com/Purple-Heart-Homes-New-York-Downstate-Chapter-1648465515389278/

--PHOTOS FROM THE 11/30/19 PURPLE HEART HOMES FUNDRAISER @ THE GRANDSTAND https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2019/12/photos-from-113019-purple-heart-homes.html

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