The Purple Heart Award: honoring those who gave it their all

Ady Kinsley ECB Publishing, Inc. The Purple Heart Award is an honor first awarded to soldiers during World War I, and is still being administered today. The month of August is observed annually as Purple Heart Month, dedicated to paying respect to all of the men and women that have been killed or wounded in combat. Florida is officially recognized as a Purple Heart State, with 40 out of 67 counties being titled Purple Heart counties. This title affirms that county government and the Veterans