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Article: SEN. LINCOLN INTRODUCES BILL FOR GREATER INCLUSION IN MILITARY ORDER OF PURPLE HEART
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 6, 2007
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The office of Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., issued the following press release:
Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) recently introduced legislation to open membership in the Military Order of the Purple Heart to include more family members of Purple Heart recipients.
When Congress chartered the Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) in 1958, it was not envisioned that the MOPH would have so many female Purple Heart recipients, and therefore, no provision was made for accepting male spouses as Associate Members. Lincoln's legislation would allow the MOPH to address this issue during their annual conference in August 2007. The MOPH seeks to amend its Constitution and Bylaws to ...