On Wednesday night, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Mark Our Place Act – bipartisan legislation introduced by Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) to allow the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to honor all Medal of Honor recipients with a headstone, grave marker, or medallion.
Currently these memorial honors are only available to Medal of Honor recipients who served after 1917.
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“Our Medal of Honor recipients are the best America has to offer,” Sen. Braun said. “I was proud to introduce this bill to memorialize the valor of all Medal of Honor recipients, and I’m so proud
The bill enjoys wide support not only among the U.S. Senate, but Veterans.
“I’d like to thank everybody involved in the Mark Our Place Act,” Sergeant First Class Sammy Davis, Medal of Honor recipient 1968. “This is a great bill to recognize the recipients of America’s highest medal for valor, the Medal of Honor, and I fully support it.”
This bill now moves to the U.S. House of Representatives for consideration. Click here to read the full text of the bill.