Before a hushed crowd of nearly 100 Purple Heart recipients inside the East Room of the White House, President Trump honored those wounded or killed in battle on this National Purple Heart Day.
As President Trump prepares to hold the first National Purple Heart Day event at the White House and America pays tribute to our combat wounded and killed in action, the National Purple Heart Honor Mission is announcing the opening of nominations for its 2026 Purple Heart Patriot Project.
SAN ANGELO, Texas — When Luis Martinez III joined the US Air Force in 1996, it was to support his family. What he didn’t realize, however, was how big his family was about to get.
George Stavropoulos doesn’t like to be called a war hero, but even if you set aside the four Purple Heart medals he was awarded, there’s still his Silver Star — the third-highest military combat decoration, which is awarded for gallantry in action.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal (LCpl) James Reeff of Brier, a Purple Heart recipient, was recently honored as one of the nation’s 2023 Purple Heart Patriot Project honorees.
The multi-day Patriot Project Mission, which will take place during the week of April 27 – 30, 2026, will include events at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, visits to historic Washington’s Headquarters, where the Badge of Military Merit originated in 1782, and a private tour of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor – the museum dedicated to our nation’s combat wounded and killed in action.
