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FEB <br />PR. <br />�_ , 1993 <br />'1. _ <br />P R O C L A M A T I O N <br />BOOK 88 F,{;r 83 7-7 <br />WHEREAS THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL was designed by GENERAL <br />GEORGE WASHINGTON as the first BADGE OF MILITARY MERIT to be <br />awarded for SINGULARLY MERITORIOUS ACTION by a soldier; and <br />WHEREAS on May 3, 1783, General George Washington <br />awarded the first PURPLE HEARTS to SGTS. ELIJAH CHURCHILL <br />and WILLIAM BROWN, two of only three recipients of the award <br />during -the REVOLUTIONARY WAR; and <br />WHEREAS through the diligent efforts of GENERAL <br />DOUGLAS MacARTHUR, the War Department announced the <br />reinstatement of the PURPLE HEART MEDAL in 1932 for persons <br />who had suffered a wound which was received in action with <br />an enemy, and which required treatment by a medical officer, <br />since such wound could, in the judgment of the commander, be <br />construed as resulting for a SINGULARLY MERITORIOUS ACT OF <br />ESSENTIAL SERVICE; and <br />WHEREAS today, through progressive Presidential <br />Orders, eligibility for the PURPLE HEART has been extended to <br />all branches of the military and to civilian nations of the <br />United States who are wounded while serving under competent <br />authority with an armed force, so that, in the words of <br />GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON, "THE ROAD TO GLORY IN A PATRIOT <br />ARMY AND A FREE COUNTRY IS THUS OPEN TO ALL"; AND <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA that February <br />20 and 21, 1993 be designated as <br />"PURPLE HEART WEEKEND" <br />in honor of recipients of the PURPLE HEART MEDAL who reside <br />in Indian River County, Florida. <br />Approved and adopted on February 16, 1993. <br />BOARD OF COUNTY.COMMISSIONERS <br />OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />0-1 <br />By, <br />i�L�• <br />RICHARD N. BIRD <br />CHAIRMAN <br />2 <br />