Veterans' View
New Museum Seeks Purple Heart Recipients
by Amy Simmons, Veterans Service Officer, Washington County
The National Purple Heart Hallof Honor is currently under
construction in New York’s Hudson River Valley at the New Windsor Cantonment
State Historic Site. Its mission is to collect and preserve the stories of Purple
Heart recipients from all branches of the service and across the generations in
an attempt to ensure that all recipients are represented. Their stories will be
preserved and shared through exhibits, live and videotaped interviews with the veterans
themselves, and the Roll of Honor, an interactive computer program preserving the
stories of each individual. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is the first
institution in the nation to recognize the more than 800,000 Americans wounded or
killed in action while serving in the United States Military.
For more information or to have your story preserved as a Purple Heart recipient, contact Michael J. Clark, Project Coordinator, National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site, P.O. Box 207 (374 Temple Hill Road), Vails Gate, NY 12584-0207, telephone 845-561-1765, or fax at 845- 561-6577.
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