'THE ROAD TO GLORY' THE PURPLE HEART
August 03, 2008
August 03, 2008
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news release:
By Jessica J. Sheets
U.S. Army Military History Institute
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 co . . .
By Jessica J. Sheets
U.S. Army Military History Institute
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 co . . .