Purple Heart Day is an observance that commemorates the creation of the Purple Heart Medal in 1782. It is August 5th.
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Jacqui Murray is the author of the popular Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy, and the thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. She is also the author/editor of over a hundred books on integrating tech into education, adjunct professor of technology in education, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a columnist for TeachHUB, and a freelance journalist on tech ed topics. You can find her books at her publisher’s website, Structured Learning.
I’m thrilled to see this! It’s great to remind people how they got the freedoms they so enjoy and abuse these days.
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By: GP Cox on August 5, 2018
at 7:05 pm
I was excited to see a day honoring these heros. Thanks, GP.
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By: Jacqui Murray on August 6, 2018
at 12:35 am