President Donald Trump released a statement paying respect to “our Wounded Warriors and Fallen Heroes.”
QUICK FACTS:
- August 7 is ‘Purple Heart Day.’
- Trump celebrated the occasion by releasing a statement from his website to “pay solemn tribute” to our country’s “immortal patriots” who “shed their blood, and many gave their lives.”
TRUMP’S FULL STATEMENT:
On Purple Heart Day we pay solemn tribute to our Wounded Warriors and Fallen Heroes. These immortal patriots shed their blood, and many gave their lives, to defend our flag, families, and freedom. May we honor their sacred memory by protecting all that they sacrificed to secure. God bless our men and women in uniform, the greatest heroes in all the world.
