Purple Heart Proclamation

Office of The Mayor 
City of El Mirage 
 
Proclamation to Recognize August 7, 2020 as  
El Mirage Purple Heart Day 
 
 
WHEREAS, the Purple heart is the oldest military decoration in the United States in present 
use; and;  
 
 
WHEREAS, General George Washington established the Purple Heart during the 
Revolutionary War in Newburgh, New York on August 7, 1782 as an incentive for members if the 
Continental Army; and; 
 
 
WHEREAS, the Purple Heart was the first award made available to the common solider to 
recognize outstanding valor or merit; and;  
 
 
 
WHEREAS, The Purple Heart is a combat decoration that is awarded to living military 
members of the United States armed forces who are wounded by an instrument of war in the hands of 
the enemy or that is awarded posthumously to the next of kin in the name of those who were killed in 
action or who died from wounds received in action; and; 
 
 
WHEREAS, recipients of the Purple Heart know the meaning of sacrifice in the preservation 
of the United States of America and national interest at home and abroad; and; 
 
 
WHEREAS, there are approximately 1.7 million Purple Heart recipients in our nation’s 
history, many of whom are from the State of Arizona;  
 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEXIS HERMOSILLO, Mayor of El Mirage, Arizona, do hereby 
proclaim August 7, 2020, as: 
El Mirage Purple Heart Day  
 
In special tribute to current and former members of the United States Armed Forces who have 
received the Purple Heart and to honor the families of fallen Purple Heart recipients.  
 
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the CITY OF 
EL MIRAGE, Arizona to be affixed this 18th day of August 2020. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Attest: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Alexis A. Hermosillo, Mayor 
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Sharon Antes, City Clerk