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Volume 18 • Issue No. 36
Purple Heart Ceremony Honors Local Veterans YORK The York Committee for Veterans Affairs will be holding a Purple Heart recipient ceremony on Saturday, September 17 (rain date September 24) at the Harley Mason Reserve Park, York Harbor. This event will honor veterans, past and present, who have been wounded in the line of duty. The focus will be on the service members highlighted on the Hero banners lining the main street in town. As the first Maine community to be recognized as a designated Purple Heart town, the community will gratefully recognize the sacrifices its veterans have made for this country.
What now is known as the Purple Heart began as the Badge of Military Merit, established by George Washington on August 7, 1782. At that time, and for many decades afterwards, there were very few awards that common soldiers would receive in service of their country. Most awards, decorations, and medals were given to great commanders, aristocrats, or kings. Recognizing that the Continental Army was fighting a tough campaign, and that supplies were scarce and pay was low, Washington felt a need to boost his troops’ morale by establishing an award for valor and meritorious service. This
established a precedent to award for both heroic actions in combat, and for merit, which is proper performance of military duties not related to combat. Washington presented the Badge of Military Merit, which consisted of a cloth purple heart to be worn over the left breast, to three sergeants in his army. It was re-designed and established as the Purple Heart in 1931 by General Douglas MacArthur. The Town of York continues to honor service members through events like the Memorial Day parade, Veterans Day events and high school programs. The Committee for Veteran Affairs is
encouraging the public to attend the event and recognize these veterans who have sacrificed so much for the nation. The committee still needs to get in touch with any area veterans who have received a Purple Heart during their service to inform them of the ceremony and its details. Contact Wade Fox at wfox@yorkmaine.org or wadefoxjr@aol.com with any information. The photo by Senior Airman Dennis Sloan and more history can be found on www.defense. gov/news/feature-stories/story/ article/1650949/the-purple-heartamericas-oldest-medal/.
First Official “National Compassionate Leadership Week” OGUNQUIT The TramutoPorter Foundation has an nounced t he second week of September as National Compassionate Leadership Week. National Compassionate Leadership Week celebrates compassionate leaders by bringing attention to the proven benefits of compassionate leadership through use of empathy in action to garner the greatest impact. It shows through their own example that it is possible to be compassionate and deliver
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strong results at the same time. In fact, leading with compassion produces stronger results whether it be in business, education, politics, in families and communities. Founded in 2001 following the tragic loss of dear friends on September 11, the vision of the foundation has been to take the time to deeply hear the stories of those in need and tune attention to the challenges they face by moving from empathy to action. The foundation has been work-
CAPE NEDDICK The Center for Wildlife, 375 Mountain Rd., is excited to be hosting partnering organizations for ongoing seminars about important loon conservation work being conducted throughout the region. An open house will take place at the Center on Sunday, September 11. The timeline of events is as follows: From 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Center’s partners in loon conservation will conduct educational programming on their work. From 12:30-1:30 p.m, partnering organizations will be on hand
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ing on behalf of compassionate causes through programs such as a scholarship fund that supports students who have lived through and risen above adversity, the founding of a workplace dignity program in conjunction with the RFK Human Rights organization, the implementation of programs with the Lwala Community Alliance to address maternal, infant and pediatric mortality, and the collection
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to meet with the public, doors open for self-guided tours of the Nature Center and Outdoor Ambassador Enclosures. From 1:30-2 p.m., an end-of-day wrapup with a presentation featuring Center for Wildlife ambassador
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animals in the outdoor amphitheater. Loon conservation partners attending include Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Maine Audubon, Maine Lakes nonprofit, wildlife researcher and lecturer Mark Pokras, and graduate students from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. “We are excited for a celebration of loons to be this year’s theme. The call of the loon is a quintessential sound of summer for many New England residents, and because they spend time in both freshwater and saltwater
habitats during different times of the year, they are species that is a barometer for the overall health of our waters and ecosystems” shares executive director, Kristen Lamb. Attendees will learn about important loon conservation work being conducted by regional state agencies and non-profits including Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Maine Audubon, Maine Lakes and Tufts Veterinary School Emeritus Mark Pokras. Guests will also learn about how the See LOONS on page 30 . . . Have you seen our
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