On August 13, 1981, at his California home Rancho del Cielo,
Ronald Reagan signed the Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA),
a package of tax and budget reductions that set the tone for his administration’s trickle-down economic policy.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

In an evening televised address on August 8, 1974, President
Richard M. Nixon announced his intention to become the
first president in American history to resign.

With impeachment proceedings underway against him for his involvement in the Watergate affair, Nixon was finally bowing
to pressure from the public and Congress to leave the White
House. 

“By taking this action,” he said in a solemn address from the
Oval Office, “I hope that I will have hastened the start of the
process of healing which is so desperately needed in America.”

Join us in honoring those who have been awarded the Purple Heart.         

 
In 1782, General George Washington created The Purple
Heart, then known as the “Badge for Military Merit.”

          
        

Then Navy Commander John F. Kennedy was
the only future President presented the
purple heart while recovering from back
surgery in 1944. 

Kennedy was injured while rescuing three  
members his crew when their PT-109 was
struck by a Japanese destroyer near the
Solomon Islands in 1943.

SANDY KOZEL

Harry S. Truman
(May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972)

Devastated: Hardly any buildings in Hiroshima were left
standing after the massive atomic bomb blast.