Sec. 2. FINDINGS

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## SEC. 2 FINDINGS The Congress finds the following: ####

(1)The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor’s mission is— #####

(A)to commemorate the extraordinary sacrifice of America’s servicemen and servicewomen who were killed or wounded by enemy action; and #####

(B)to collect and preserve the stories of Purple Heart recipients from all branches of service and across generations to ensure that all recipients are represented. ####

(2)The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor first opened its doors on November 10, 2006, in New Windsor, NY. ####

(3)The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is co-located with the New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site. ####

(4)The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is the first to recognize the estimated 1.8 million U.S. servicemembers wounded or killed in action representing recipients from the Civil War to the present day, serving as a living memorial to their sacrifice by sharing their stories through interviews, exhibits and the Roll of Honor, an interactive computer database of each recipient enrolled.