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HEARTMedal donated to local history collectionThe Purple Heart Medal is America’s oldest military decoration, originally established on August 7,1782 by Gen. George Washington. The primary purpose of the award is to recognize those who received wounds while in the service of the Unitedthe only surviving relative of the deceased veteran, in Washington D.C. on Veterans Day.“I was unaware that he had earned the Purple Heart, so I don’t have any family stories about it,” Lensen-Tomasson said. “It.and father, dressed in U.S Navy uniforms, taken in 1917 in front of her grandparents’ house in Traverse City. Lensen-Tomasson said she hopes to make a trip up north this year to see the medal on display in the local history collection.
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Traverse City Record Eagle
Traverse City, Michigan, US
Sun, Jan 15, 2017
Page 26
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