Senate Bill sb3020

    Florida Senate - 2007        (NP)                      SR 3020

    By Senator Argenziano





    3-2296-07

  1                        Senate Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing the anniversaries of

  3         the Purple Heart and the Military Order of the

  4         Purple Heart.

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  6         WHEREAS, the Purple Heart, established by General

  7  George Washington 225 years ago on August 7, 1782, and

  8  originally known as the Military Badge of Merit, is the oldest

  9  military decoration in the world in present use, and

10         WHEREAS, the Purple Heart was adopted February 22,

11  1932, on the 200th anniversary of General George Washington's

12  birth as a combat decoration awarded exclusively to members of

13  the Armed Forces wounded by an instrument of war in the hands

14  of the enemy and awarded posthumously to the next of kin in

15  the names of members who were killed in action or those who

16  died of wounds received in action, and

17         WHEREAS, more than 1.5 million members of the Armed

18  Forces have been awarded the Purple Heart for their gallant

19  defense of our valued freedoms against the enemies of our

20  cherished Republic, and

21         WHEREAS, the organization known as the Military Order

22  of the Purple Heart was formed on October 19, 1932, for the

23  protection and mutual interest of members of the Armed Forces

24  who have received the Purple Heart, and

25         WHEREAS, the Military Order of the Purple Heart is the

26  only veterans organization comprised solely of combat veterans

27  and is the only veterans organization exclusively chartered by

28  Congress for combat-wounded veterans, NOW, THEREFORE,

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30  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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    Florida Senate - 2007        (NP)                      SR 3020
    3-2296-07




 1         That the Florida Senate recognizes 2007 as the 225th

 2  anniversary of the Purple Heart and the 75th anniversary of

 3  the Military Order of the Purple Heart.

 4         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Florida Senate pays

 5  tribute to all recipients of the Purple Heart for their

 6  courageous sacrifices on the fields of battle and commends the

 7  Military Order of the Purple Heart as a national organization

 8  dedicated to preserving the proud legacy of the Purple Heart

 9  and to assisting America's veterans through its participation

10  in the Department of Veterans Affairs National Service Officer

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