Posts tagged Genesis Legacy Medal
PRESS RELEASE: Community Rally Will Salute Purple Heart Recipients From Across the Nation

Purple Heart heroes from across the America will be greeted with a star-spangled welcome home at a public rally in Newburgh that will serve as the capstone event for the National Purple Heart Honor Mission’s 2021 Purple Heart Patriot Project. The rally is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. (ET) on Thursday, September 30 at the Newburgh Armory Unity Center. Doors will open at 5:00 p.m.

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PRESS RELEASE: Tunnel to Towers Chairman Frank Siller to be Awarded 2021 Genesis Legacy Medal

Recognizing his decades of service to America’s catastrophically injured veterans, Gold Star and first responder families, the National Purple Heart Honor Mission, is proud to announce that Frank Siller, Chairman and CEO of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, will be a recipient of the 2021 Genesis Legacy Medal. Siller, joins commentator and Purple Heart recipient USMC Staff Sergeant Johnny Joey Jones (Ret.) as this year’s honorees.

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PRESS RELEASE: Johnny “Joey” Jones (SSGT USMC Ret.) To Be Awarded 2021 Genesis Legacy Medal From The National Purple Heart Honor

The National Purple Heart Honor Mission, one of America’s leading organizations dedicated to paying tribute to our nation’s more than 1.8 million Purple Heart heroes, has announced that Purple Heart recipient, retired Marine Staff Sgt. Johnny “Joey” Jones, will be awarded the 2021 Genesis Legacy Medal. Jones will receive the award during the national group’s Purple Heart Patriot Project scheduled for next April.

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MidHudson News: National Purple Heart Organization Genesis Legacy Medals Presented

NEW WINDSOR –The National Purple Heart Honor Mission presented U.S. Army General (Ret.) David Perkins and former U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Megan Leavey with the organization’s Genesis Legacy Medal during the annual dinner on October 3.

The Medal presentation follows the success of the organization’s recent Purple Heart Patriot Project that received national attention for bringing Purple Heart recipients from across the country to the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor and West Point. The Purple Heart Patriot Project, sponsored in part by American Airlines, is a new annual tribute program of the group.

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U.S. Army Gen. (Ret.) David Perkins, U.S. Marine Corps CPL Megan Leavey to Receive 2019 Genesis Medal from National Purple Heart Organization

(NEWBURGH, NY) –The National Purple Heart Honor Mission is proud to announce that U.S. Army General (Ret.) David Perkins and former U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Megan Leavey will be the recipients of the 2019 Genesis Medal during the organization’s Annual Genesis Legacy Medal Dinner. A dinner in their honor will be held on October 3, just north of West Point, New York.

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Stars & Stripes: Retired Army General and Iraq War Veteran Receive National Purple Heart Honor Mission's Genesis Medals

NEW WINDSOR (Tribune News Service) — Purple Heart recipient Megan Leavey told an audience at Anthony’s Pier 9 on Thursday night she considered herself lucky to be there.

“I can look around the room and see I’m in good company,” said Leavey, a former Marine corporal. “I am happy to be talking to you.”

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U.S. Army Gen. (Ret.) David Perkins, U.S. Marine Corps CPL Megan Leavey to Receive 2019 Genesis Medal from National Purple Heart Organization

(NEWBURGH, NY) –The National Purple Heart Honor Mission is proud to announce that U.S. Army General (Ret.) David Perkins and former U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Megan Leavey will be the recipients of the 2019 Genesis Medal during the organization’s Annual Genesis Legacy Medal Dinner. A dinner in their honor will be held on October 3, just north of West Point, New York.

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