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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 7605568, member: 18157&quot;]Speaking of George Washington...I often drive around DC or go to Nationals games and see the DC flag and DC license plates with the same design. I thought it odd that DC had a flag that looked like a Communist flag...and always wondered about its origins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1309478[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1309479[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometime later, I saw a close up image of the Purple Heart medal and, Lo &amp; Behold, it has the same design!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1309480[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Come to find out, the Purple Heart was originally a Medal of Meritorious Service given during the Revolutionary War. Only three (3) awards and were awarded by General Washington himself.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1932, the medal was revived by Douglas McArthur on George Washington&#039;s 200th birthday. Of course, General McArthur was the 1st recipient of the newly redesigned medal...the cast model of which was made by John Sinnock (of Roosevelt Dime and Franklin Half fame).</p><p><br /></p><p>The newly redesigned medal was for both meritorious service and being wounded in action. In WWII, it became a medal for wounded troops, only. In fact, there were over 1.5 million Purple Heart medals made in WWII in anticipation of an invasion of Japan...which was unnecessary after the creation of the Atomic Bomb. As of 2000, there were still 120,000 of the WWII created Purple Hearts remaining and are still being used to the present day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, long story short, the design common to the DC Flag, License Plate, and the Purple Heart is actually the Washington family Coat of Arms created in the 12th century. It&#039;s been claimed that the U.S. Flag was inspired by this design, but there&#039;s no hard evidence to support the claim.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1309481[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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