230 years ago
August 7th, in 1782, General Washington ordered the establishment of the Badge of
Military Merit, the inspiration for today's Purple Heart.
The Purple Heart
is one medal no one wants… it is earned with blood and the price paid for it
can be catastrophic.
If you are interested, here are two sites that honor and
support our Nation’s Purple Heart Recipients.
Located in Windsor, NY, here you can enroll in their Roll of Honor database and tell your
story, or you can search their database.
http://www.mikecorrado.com/, “Still In the Fight”–Funds raised from the sale of this song benefit the
Fisher Houses. Or watch it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of7dGa91uO8.
It doesn’t matter if their recovery is short or their
road to recovery is long, “I still got
this fire in my heart” is something we see every time we visit the combat
patients at Walter Reed or Richmond VAMC.
“The bravest are surely those who have the clearest
vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding,
go out to meet it. –Thucydides”
Thank you for serving our country.
-Jane
