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Aberdeen designated a Purple Heart City; local chapter presents challenge coins
Summary
The City of Aberdeen adopted a proclamation designating the city a Purple Heart City. A representative of the Military Order of the Purple Heart explained the Purple Heart Trail and presented challenge coins to council members.
Mayor Travis Shunnam read a proclamation designating the City of Aberdeen as a Purple Heart City, recognizing service members wounded or killed in combat and commemorating the sacrifices of veterans.
The proclamation states that the Purple Heart — established by Gen. George Washington in 1782 — is “awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces who have been wounded in combat…
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