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Purple Heart Trail can refer to: Interstate 5 in California, Oregon and Washington; Interstate 10 in Alabama and Arizona; Interstate 15 in Montana Interstate 115 in ...
I-10 through Arizona is designated a "Purple Heart Trail", after the Purple Heart, the award received by American soldiers wounded in combat. [2] The western terminus is located at the California border at the Colorado River in La Paz County where I-10 continues westward into California towards Los Angeles.
Purple Heart Trail marker on Interstate 35. The Purple Heart Trail system, established by the MOPH in 1992, is purposed to "create a symbolic and honorary system of roads, highways, bridges, and other monuments that give tribute to the men and women who have been awarded the Purple Heart medal."
The Interstate is also referred to as the Purple Heart Trail to honor those wounded in combat who have received the Purple Heart. [2] It enters Arizona from the west at a crossing of the Colorado River southwest of Kingman .
The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II received posthumous Purple Heart medals on behalf of their loved ones on Friday, nearly ...
The Purple Heart award is a 1 + 3 ⁄ 8-inch-wide (35 mm) purple- and gold-colored heart-shaped brass-alloy medal containing a profile of General George Washington. Above the heart appears a shield of the coat of arms of George Washington (a white shield with two red bars and three red stars in chief) between sprays of green leaves.
NEW YORK (AP) — "I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it,” Shug tells Celie in Alice Walker's “The Color Purple.” In nature ...
Heart With Arrow. Thanks to its association with the Roman god Cupid, who shot mortals with arrows to make them fall in love, a heart pierced in such a way symbolizes romantic devotion.