National Purple Heart Honor Mission Executive Director Col. Russ Vernon joined Rick Thomas and Michael Clish on WFAW New Radio in the Morning to talk about how our organization will be paying tribute to America’s Purple Heart heroes on National Purple Heart Day, and how we do so all year long.
Read MoreThe Frank Truatt Show on WTBQ (Orange County, NY) welcomed Col. Russ Vernon on Friday, July 31 to the program. Col. Vernon spoke about the Honor Mission’s upcoming National Purple Heart Day ceremony and other tribute activities being planned to honor our Purple Heart heroes.
Read MoreThere is rightly a lot of talk in Washington, but nothing is getting done on Capitol Hill because of perhaps the sharpest partisan divide in our nation’s history. The COVID-19 pandemic and the recent civil unrest has seemed to only further that gridlock and division. It’s frustrating for Americans of all political stripes to watch government ground to a halt due to partisan rancor and dueling political ideologies. It leaves us wondering if any issues still exist that can temper the caustic environment.
Read MoreA project honoring America’s combat-wounded veterans is seeking nominees for an expenses-paid trip next year to the Purple Heart museum and other historic sites in upstate New York.
Read MoreAnyone in the Capital Region who knows a Purple Heart recipient can nominate that veteran for an all-expense paid four days of special recognition.
Read More(WASHINGTON, DC) – Historic legislation to honor America’s Purple Heart recipients, the National Purple Heart Commemorative Coin Act (S.2815), is quickly gaining momentum in the U.S. Senate with the addition of Oklahoma Senator James Lankford to its growing list of bi-partisan co-sponsors.
Read MoreThe National Purple Heart Honor Mission announced today that it is opening the nomination process for its 2021 Purple Heart Patriot Project. This multi-day salute to service will bring together Purple Heart heroes representing each state and territory in the nation to pay tribute to their courage and sacrifice on behalf of a grateful nation.
Read MoreThe National Purple Heart Honor Mission is opening the nomination process for its 2021 Purple Heart Patriot Project. This multi-day salute to service will bring together Purple Heart heroes representing each state and territory in the nation to pay tribute to their courage and sacrifice on behalf of a grateful nation.
Read MoreNEWBURGH - The National Purple Heart Honor Mission is accepting nominations for its 2021 Purple Heart Patriot Project. This multi-day salute to service will bring together Purple Heart heroes representing each state and territory in the nation to pay tribute to their courage and sacrifice on behalf of a grateful nation.
Read More(NEWBURGH, NY) – The National Purple Heart Honor Mission announced today that it is opening the nomination process for its 2021 Purple Heart Patriot Project. This multi-day salute to service will bring together Purple Heart heroes representing each state and territory in the nation to pay tribute to their courage and sacrifice on behalf of a grateful nation.
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Legislation that would create a Purple Heart commemorative coin has been introduced in the US Senate by Charles Schumer. The measure has already won approval in the House, advanced by Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney.
Read MoreNEW WINDSOR –The National Purple Heart Honor Mission presented U.S. Army General (Ret.) David Perkins and former U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Megan Leavey with the organization’s Genesis Legacy Medal during the annual dinner on October 3.
The Medal presentation follows the success of the organization’s recent Purple Heart Patriot Project that received national attention for bringing Purple Heart recipients from across the country to the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor and West Point. The Purple Heart Patriot Project, sponsored in part by American Airlines, is a new annual tribute program of the group.
Read More(NEWBURGH, NY) –The National Purple Heart Honor Mission is proud to announce that U.S. Army General (Ret.) David Perkins and former U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Megan Leavey will be the recipients of the 2019 Genesis Medal during the organization’s Annual Genesis Legacy Medal Dinner. A dinner in their honor will be held on October 3, just north of West Point, New York.
Read MoreNEW WINDSOR (Tribune News Service) — Purple Heart recipient Megan Leavey told an audience at Anthony’s Pier 9 on Thursday night she considered herself lucky to be there.
“I can look around the room and see I’m in good company,” said Leavey, a former Marine corporal. “I am happy to be talking to you.”
Read MoreNEW WINDSOR — Purple Heart recipient Megan Leavey told an audience at Anthony’s Pier 9 on Thursday night she considered herself lucky to be there.
“I can look around the room and see I’m in good company,” said Leavey, a former Marine corporal. “I am happy to be talking to you.”
Read More(NEWBURGH, NY) – In what would be a first for America’s Purple Heart recipients, a bill to approve a commemorative coin that honors our nation’s combat-wounded veterans recently took another step closer to becoming law.
With 307 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives, the bill to authorize the minting of the special Purple Heart coin passed unanimously.
Read MoreNEW WINDSOR – About 1.8 million Americans have been awarded a Purple Heart for sustaining wounds in combat. That’s an estimate according to the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, in New Windsor, which counts back to 1932 and the modern version of the award, first given, in different form, by George Washington, not far from the current hall.
Read MoreWhen Vietnam veterans returned home from battle, Eugene Lang says the reality was many were treated with disrespect. "When we came home in 1969, people spit on us, so why not support us now?" Lang said. He received his Purple Heart award 44 years after being wounded in combat. Purple Heart recipients joined Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney on Tuesday to celebrate the House passing the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act.
Read MoreNEW WINDSOR, NY – Tuesday at 12:00PM (noon), Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) will hold a press conference celebrating the House passage of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act.
Read MoreThe House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill on Thursday that would authorize the West Point mint to create three commemorative coins that would feature the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New Windsor and raise money for the nonprofit that supports it.
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