Archive August 2024

The Purple Heart

George Washington created the Badge of Military Merit (the forerunner of the Purple Heart Award) on August 7, 1782, while he was a General in the Revolutionary War. He only awarded three of them.

Now the Purple Heart honors nearly 2 million who have been injured or killed while serving in the military for our country.

We thank them and their families.

If you find a Purple Heart, here’s what you can do.

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U.S. Coast Guard Day

August 4 is United States Coast Guard Day, which honors those who have or are serving in this branch of our military.

Even land-locked Colorado has a Coast Guard presence–CGRU USNORTHCOM–on Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado.