Michelle Hofmann is an Emmy Award winning KRIS 6 News Anchor and Reporter who is passionate about advocating for the communities she serves. CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — A new permanent exhibit at the Corpus ...

August 7 is known as Purple Heart day across the nation commemorating George Washington creating the Badge for Military Merit on this day in 1782. The original award consisted of a purple, ...

(WDBJ) - On this day, 243 years ago, George Washington created the origins of the Purple Heart Award, recognizing heroic acts by troops during the Revolutionary War. At the time, it was called the ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – August 7th is Purple Heart Day, which commemorates the creation of the oldest American military decoration for military merit. The National Day Calendar states that the Purple ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - August 7, 1782. Upon an order by George Washington, the first U.S. Military decoration, the Badge of Military Merit was created. It was awarded to three Revolutionary War ...

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 ...

The Military Order of the Purple Heart Marietta Chapter 743 unveiled a Purple Heart Memorial Monument at Gold Star Park in Marietta on Wednesday. (Photo by Michelle Dillon) MARIETTA — A crowd gathered ...

A piece of family history has found its way home after decades of being lost. The Purple Heart awarded to Sgt. Thomas Lynch for his service in World War I was returned Tuesday to his grandson, Thomas ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - George Washington created what is now the oldest military award, an honor that would come to be known as the Purple Heart, 243 years ago Thursday. At the time of its creation ...