<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington" id="mwWg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> orders the creation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badge_of_Military_Merit" id="mwWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Badge of Military Merit">Badge of Military Merit</a> to honor soldiers wounded in battle.<sup about="#mwt59" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"LOC"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-LOC-11"}}' id="cite_ref-LOC_11-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_7#cite_note-LOC-11" id="mwXA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwXQ">[11]</span></a></sup> It is later renamed to the more poetic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Heart" id="mwXg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Purple Heart">Purple Heart</a>.