'THE ROAD TO GLORY' THE PURPLE HEART
August 05, 2008
August 05, 2008
CARLISLE BARRACKS, Pa., Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Army Installation Management Command's Carlisle Barracks Garrison issued the following news article:
On August 7, 1782, General George Washington ordered "that whenever any singularly meritorious action is performed, the author of it shall be permitted to wear on his facings, over his left breast, the figure of a heart in purple cloth, or silk, edged with narrow lace or binding." Washington made it clear that the badge could be . . .
On August 7, 1782, General George Washington ordered "that whenever any singularly meritorious action is performed, the author of it shall be permitted to wear on his facings, over his left breast, the figure of a heart in purple cloth, or silk, edged with narrow lace or binding." Washington made it clear that the badge could be . . .