The return of John L. Moore's Purple Heart was presented Wednesday morning at the World War II Memorial in front of the ...

It means a lot to my heart,” Jerry Moore said of receiving his late brother’s Purple Heart medal from World War II. “I don’t ...

After 24 years since its disappearance, a family from Central Illinois was reunited with a Purple Heart from World War II.

The medal belonged to Army Private John L. Moore, a D-Day survivor who earned the Purple Heart after being wounded during ...

In a heartfelt ceremony at the World War II Memorial in Decatur, Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs returned a lost Purple ...

As aforementioned, Purple Heart Day honors military personnel who have been hurt or killed while serving. The national holiday additionally brings attention to the creation of the Purple Heart ...

Gen. George Washington, the commander in chief of the Continental Army, created the Badge of Military Merit (which would later be renamed the Purple Heart award) on Aug. 7, 1782.

A veteran gave his Purple Heart medal to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who avoided the Vietnam War due to a medical exemption for bone spurs. In a video shared on X by the former ...

Little Elm was designated a Purple Heart Town by the Military Order of the Purple Heart and Mayor Curtis Cornelius on Oct. 15.

Illinois State Treasurer returns a WWII veteran's lost Purple Heart to his family in a ceremony, marking the 15th such return ...

Gen. George Washington, the commander in chief of the Continental Army, created the Badge of Military Merit (which would later be renamed the Purple Heart award) on Aug. 7, 1782.