Aug. 7 (UPI) -- National Purple Heart Day will be celebrated on the seventh day of August after President Donald Trump signed a proclamation making it so on Thursday.
The president was joined by many Purple Heart recipients and their families during a signing ceremony honoring the nation's military personnel at the White House.
"We're here to honor and celebrate the unyielding patriotism and grit and devotion to America's Purple Heart veterans with emotion and great love," Trump told the audience.
He said Gen. George Washington created the Purple Heart on Aug. 7, 1782, when he presented a purple ribbon shaped like a heart to each of three soldiers for their gallantry in battle.
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