"George Washington" talks about the Purple Heart's origin

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Channel: Stars and Stripes · 2016 · News & Politics

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To celebrate National Purple Heart Day, we hear details about the creation of the award from none other than George Washington, played by an actor at the first president's Mount Vernon estate in Virginia.

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