Jimmie and Sharon Bryant donated a new Purple Heart Flag to the city of Lenoir on National Purple Heart Day, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, according to a press release form the city. Staff raised the new ...

LOCKPORT, N.Y. — August 7 marks National Purple Heart Day, and Niagara County honored Purple Heart recipients with a ceremonial flag raising. County Clerk Joseph A. Jastrzemski, was joined by members ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has ordered flags to be flown at half staff to honor the memory of a Purple Heart winning veteran next Tuesday, her office announced Friday. The ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)—Tampa City Councilman Luis Viera hosts the annual National Purple Heart Day flag raising ceremony Thursday morning. The flag raising will be outside Old City Hall at 8:30 a.m. The ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — On Aug. 7, 1782, George Washington created the “Badge of Merit,” which was later revived as “The Purple Heart.” The Erie County Clerk’s Office held its “William J. Donovan ...

Yarmouth police are investigating repeated incidents during which American flags honoring a local Purple Heart recipient were torn down from a bridge overpass. Twice now this summer, flags placed on ...

WORCESTER, MA — The city honored veterans with a flag-raising ceremony last week. On Thursday, the city raised the Purple Heart flag outside of City Hall. The ceremony is meant to honor those who were ...

SWANTON, Vt. (WCAX) - The Fourth of July is about celebrating the birth of the nation, but that freedom has never been free. So, on Independence Day, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 778 in Swanton ...

Flags honoring Purple Heart recipient torn down repeatedly on Cape Cod, police say Authorities are asking anyone with information about the vandalism at the Lance Corporal William Joseph Donovan Jr.

Douglass Mudd, second from right, and Caroline Turco, right, pose for a picture next to an original drawing of the Purple Heart medal and the medal itself. Starting in November, an art exhibit at this ...