1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state observances; designating Combat 
  1.3             Wounded Veterans Day; proposing coding for new law in 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [10.58] [COMBAT WOUNDED VETERANS PURPLE HEART 
  1.7   DAY.] 
  1.8      Beginning in 2001, the day of August 7 is designated as 
  1.9   Combat Wounded Veterans Day in honor of military veterans who 
  1.10  were wounded by enemy fire while bravely serving their country 
  1.11  against enemy forces, and whose sacrifices have entitled them to 
  1.12  the Purple Heart decoration.  This decoration was created by 
  1.13  General George Washington, commander-in-chief of the 
  1.14  Revolutionary Army and a founder of our country, on August 7, 
  1.15  1782, and is the oldest military decoration in use in the 
  1.16  world.  Each year the governor shall issue a proclamation 
  1.17  honoring this observance and shall send a written copy to the 
  1.18  Minnesota department of the Military Order of the Purple Heart.