More than 100 years after being wounded in World War I’s largest battle, Pvt. Alonzo Stanton has finally been recognized with ...

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.

The Purple Heart is only slightly younger than the United States itself. Gen. George Washington created the badge of Military Merit, a purple heart of cloth edged with a narrow lace, on Aug. 7 ...

The Purple Heart Medal is linked to the Badge of Military Merit established by George Washington during the Revolutionary War when he pinned a purple, cloth-shaped heart on three men's chests.

Purple Heart Day is celebrated on August 7th, ... The design of the badge included a purple, heart-shaped piece of silk that was bound with a thin edge of silver.

The Purple Heart medal, designed with a profile image of Washington, was revived on Feb. 22, 1932, Washington’s 200th birthday. It was awarded for meritorious service, but only those wounded by ...

He had earned a Purple Heart, a European-African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two bronze service stars, a combat infantryman badge, and the good conduct and World War II victory medals ...

The Purple Heart is America’s oldest military award, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. Originally created as the “Badge of Military Merit” by Gen. George Washington, ...

“The Purple Heart started in 1782 by George Washington,” said Retired Lt. Col. Eldridge Johnson Jr., ... “It started as the Badge of Military Merit and later, in 1932, ...

Wednesday is Purple Heart Day across America, and observances will be taking place around western Massachusetts. ... General George Washington created the Badge of Merit back in 1782, ...