Our mission is to locate, verify and recognize WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, OEF, OIF and other Purple Heart recipients, their spouses and children and honor them at our annual banquet every August. The specific purpose for which the corporation is organized is to recognize the recipients of the Purple Heart in Northwest Piedmont area of North Carolina. Established by George Washington in 17
82 as the Badge of Military Merit, the Purple Heart's order include the phase "Let it be known that he who wears the military order of the Purple Heart has given of his blood in the defense of his homeland and shall forever be revered by his fellow countrymen." The Northwest Piedmont Purple Heart Foundation is a 501(3)(c) organization.