Aug 7, 2021 Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, USA's First Purple Heart Park, National Purple Heart Day
Channel: nestor aliga
Date: 2021-08-09

National Purple Heart Day
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom 
1001 Fairgrounds Drive, Vallejo, CA, 94589
To thank and honor our Nation’s Vietnam veterans and their families for their service and sacrifice during National Purple Heart Day at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom - the nation's first Purple Heart Recreation/Theme Park.
https://www.vietnamwar50th.com/cpevents/?F_d=08%2f07%2f2021&F_country=US&F_z=94589&F_r=100&F_sdl=7%2f22%2f2021&F_sdu=8%2f12%2f2021&F_m=08&F_y=2021&EventId=23862

PROCLAMATION (Dated 26th of March 2016) 
Designating Six Flags Discovery Kingdom as a “Purple Heart Recreation Park” Don McCoy, Park President of Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Vallejo, CA
WHEREAS, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and our millions of customers have the greatest admiration and the utmost gratitude for ALL the brave men and women who have served or are serving our Armed Forces, and especially for those who have died or are suffering from combat-related injuries; and
WHEREAS, the Purple Heart Medal traces its origins to General George Washington’s General Orders to the Continental Army on August 7, 1782 which established the Badge of Military Merit directing that “whenever any singularly meritorious action is performed, the author of it shall be permitted to wear ... over the left breast, the figure of a heart in purple cloth;” and
WHEREAS, in the spirit of our American Revolution, the Badge of Military Merit could be awarded to “common” soldiers of any rank, breaching from the European tradition of such awards being reserved for “lords” or high-ranking officers, and in General George Washington’s own words, “The road to glory in a patriot army and a free country is thus open to all;” and
WHEREAS, the Badge of Military Merit was revived in 1932, on the 200th anniversary of George Washington’s birth, when the US War Department authorized a new Purple Heart Medal to be awarded to any Service member who has been wounded or killed in action, and the first awardees received it retroactively for their World War I service; and
WHEREAS, on October 28, 2014, the Mayor and Council of the City of Vallejo issued a proclamation declaring Vallejo a “Purple Heart City” to recognize the enormous sacrifices of our brave men and women who were wounded or killed in combat; and
WHEREAS, nearly two million Purple Heart Medals have been awarded to our combat veterans, including over 42,000 after the Vietnam War, and these figures represent the staggering amount of human suffering and unparalleled selfless sacrifices that our Veterans and our Service members have endured; and
WHEREAS, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, which employs many Veterans and continually honors all of our Service members and Veterans, wish to honor and thank every Purple Heart Medal recipient for their dedication to duty, selfless sacrifice, and personal courage for our beloved America.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that I, Don McCoy, Park President of Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, do hereby designate Six Flags Discovery Kingdom as a “Purple Heart Recreation Park” and we urge our millions of customers to salute our Purple Heart Medal recipients for their service, valor, and sacrifice; and we call upon everyone to honor ALL our Service members and Veterans, our fallen, our wounded, those unaccounted for, our former prisoners of war, their families, and all who served with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
In commemoration of the State of California “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day” & “Women’s Military History Week”

CALIFORNIA PURPLE HEART ENTITIES
The Military Order of the Purple Heart officially records all Purple Heart-designated entities worldwide and Vallejo is the only one with six entities: The City, Vallejo City Unified School District, Greater Vallejo Recreation District, California State University-Maritime Academy, Touro University California, and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.
https://www.purpleheart.org/static/phtrail/ca.pdf

Nestor Aliga: National Purple Heart Day 2018
By VALLEJO TIMES-HERALD | PUBLISHED: August 6, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.
https://www.timesheraldonline.com/2018/08/06/nestor-aliga-national-purple-heart-day/
We thank SFDK for honoring the men and women who bled for our great country and let us join our grateful nation to profoundly thank and honor our Purple Heart Medal recipients. May God bless us and our great and beloved country, the United States of America. Semper Fidelis! — Nestor Aliga/Vallejo

Military Order Of The Purple Heart 
https://www.purpleheart.org/

Department of California Military Order of the Purple Heart https://www.capurpleheart.org/