Purple Heart Highway Memorial & Purple Heart Memorial
The purpose of the Purple Heart Trail is to create a system of roads, highways, bridges, and monuments to symbolize and honor the men and women who have been awarded the Purple Heart medal. This system of roadways and monuments, the Purple Heart Trail, accomplishes this through serving as a visual reminder to users of the road system that others have paid a high price for their freedom to travel and live in a free society. Signs are placed at numerous locations to mark those roads and highways where legislation has designated parts of the national road system as The Purple Heart Trail. There are currently designated sections in 45 states in the U.S., as well as Guam. Attached is a copy of the speech given by James Starr, at the Purple Heart Ceremony.
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Purple Heart Community Dedication for the Village and Town of Necedah
The Village and Town of Necedah were both designated as a Purple Heart Community on August 6th, 2022. This purpose of this designation is to honor and remember military personnel wounded or killed in combat. History The Purple Heart was created by General George Washington in 1782, and was then known as the Badge of Military Merit. The Purple Heart is the nation's oldest military medal, with more than 1 million awarded to U.S. service members in World War II. The Military Order of the Purple established The Purple Heart Trail in 1992. Patriot Frank J. Kuhn, Jr., a member of Chapter 1732 in Virginia, thought of the idea for the Purple Heart Trail. This was carried to the national level by Patriot George Gallagher, a member of Virginia Chapter 353 and a former National Adjutant. Patriot Gallagher introduced Patriot Kuhn’s Purple Heart Trail idea as a resolution during the 1992 MOPH National Convention held in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The resolution was approved and the MOPH National Purple Heart Trail began. The origin of the Purple Heart Trail is at a monument in Mt Vernon, Virginia. Mt Vernon is the burial location of George Washington. |
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