The Park Hills City Council voted Monday night to enshrine the city as a Purple Heart city, honoring members of the armed services who have been wounded or killed in the line of duty.
“I’m excited about this,” said City Council Member Pam Spoor, who informed attendees at Monday night’s meeting that her husband has been a recipient of two Purple Hearts.
Purple Hearts are special medals granted to armed service members who have sustained wounds or have died in the line of duty, specifically after April 5, 1917. The honor is traceable back to the country’s founding when President George Washington first established a Badge Military Merit for soldiers in the Continental Army during the American Revolution…