Fox News personality and veterans advocate Johnny Joey Jones, a former U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant, was the Purple Heart recipient of the 2021 Genesis Legacy Medal.
Named for the four visionaries who conceived of and helped build the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, the Genesis Legacy Medal is awarded to a prominent Purple Heart recipient and a non-Purple Heart veteran or civilian who have exhibited exemplary service to our nation or our veterans community. Presented at a dinner in New York, the Genesis Legacy Medal event is another opportunity for Purple Heart recipients to gather and be honored along with the annual recipients. With the support of sponsors like you, all Purple Heart recipients are able to come to the event free of charge. This event also serves as our largest annual fundraiser.
Tunnel to Towers Chairman Frank Siller was awarded the 2021 Genesis Legacy Medal.
Past recipients of the Genesis Legacy Medal have included:
U.S. Senator Bob Dole
New York Governor George Pataki
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth
USMC Staff Sergeant Johnny Joey Jones
Tunnel to Towers Chairman Frank Siller
General David Perkins
USMC Corporal Megan Leavey
Past Genesis Legacy Medal Honorees:
Honor Mission Executive Director Col. Russ Vernon (U.S. Army, Retired) presents the 2019 Genesis Legacy Medal to General David G. Perkins.
Vietnam veteran and Board Member Edie Meeks presents the 2019 Genesis Legacy Medal to Purple Heart Honoree Megan Leavey.
Former New York Governor George E. Pataki was awarded the 2017 Genesis Legacy Medal.
Patric Morrison of Cornwall wrote a “Letter to the Editor” of the Orange County Post/The Sentinel, Everett Smith, that sparked the Genesis Group into action and started the process that created and then expanded the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor.
Past Genesis Legacy Medal recipients gathered at the 2019 Genesis Legacy Medal Dinner.