| November 01, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M019-19 Kennedy Space Center to be Recognized by Military Order of the Purple Heart
Media are invited to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Nov.7, where the spaceport will receive the national honor of being named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart. The Military Order of the Purple Heart will present Kennedy Space Center with a proclamation and plaque honoring the multi-user spaceport. Kennedy is the first NASA center to receive this designation. Kennedy is being recognized as a Purple Heart Entity for the support of veterans though employment opportunities and services provided to veterans by the center’s veterans employee resource group. The ceremony will take place at 11:30 a.m. EST Thursday, Nov. 7 in the Kennedy Space Center Training Auditorium. Currently there are more than 300 veteran civil servants at Kennedy, supporting a variety of NASA’s missions. This group includes Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, Deputy Director Janet Petro and Associate Director Kelvin Manning who will attend the event and provide remarks on behalf of the center. The Military Order of the Purple Heart is a congressionally chartered United States war veterans organization. The Purple Heart is one of the oldest and most recognized American military medals, awarded to service members who were killed or wounded by enemy action. Accreditation for this activity is open to U.S. media only. To receive credentials for this event, media must apply online by 4:30 p.m. EST Tuesday, Nov. 5. All media accreditation requests must be submitted online at: -end- | ||
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