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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 5, 2013 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 4-a <br /> SUBJECT: An Orange County Proclamation Honoring the Military Order of the Purple <br /> Heart <br /> DEPARTMENT: BOCC PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> - Proclamation <br /> Donna Baker, Clerk to the Orange <br /> County Board of Commissioners <br /> (919) 245-2130 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a proclamation honoring the Military Order of the Purple Heart and <br /> Purple Heart recipients residing in Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Purple Heart is the oldest decoration in present use and was initially <br /> created as the Badge of Military merit by George Washington in 1782. <br /> The Purple Heart was the first American service award or decoration made available to the <br /> common soldier and is specifically awarded to any member of the United States Armed Services <br /> wounded or killed in combat while serving the United States against opposing armed forces. <br /> There have been many Orange County residents who made the ultimate sacrifice for the cause <br /> of freedom and many combat wounded Veterans and Purple Heart recipients who live in the <br /> County. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: None <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Interim Manager recommends that the Board approve and <br /> authorize the Chair to sign the attached proclamation honoring the Military Order of the Purple <br /> Heart and declaring Orange County as a "Purple Heart County in the State of North Carolina". <br />