A former landmark was the Purple Cow Drive-In, a former ice-cream stand now occupied by a used-car lot and now marked by Purple Cow Road.

The old Purple Cow sign -- a cow head on a pole, painted in purple and white -- still exists.

The 1895 issue of The Lark in which Burgess's " Purple Cow " first appeared

The original " Purple Cow ," from 1895

By this point, Burgess had become thoroughly sick of " The Purple Cow ," and wrote the following " Confession: and a Portrait Too, Upon a Background that I Rue " in The Lark, number 24 ( April 1, 1897 ).

Ah, yes, I wrote the " Purple Cow "— I'm Sorry, now, I wrote it ; But I can tell you Anyhow I'll Kill you if you Quote it!

" Purple Cow " has since been used as a brand name.

Subsequently, Burgess and publisher William Doxey recycled Burgess's contributions in such productions as The Purple Cow ( 1899 ) and The Lark Almanack ( 1899 )

Prince brought his Purple Rain tour to the Cow Palace for 6 sold out nights from February 27, 1985-March 5, 1985.

The mascot of Polaris is Polly the Purple Cow and was inspired by the idea of the “ purple cow ” by marketing genius Seth Godin.

" Purple Cow " is the name of a well-known poem by Gelett Burgess, written in 1895:

The original " Purple Cow ," from 1895

The 1895 issue of The Lark in which Burgess's " Purple Cow " first appeared

Ah, yes, I wrote the " Purple Cow "—

The Purple Cow is also the mascot for Williams College and for one of the four classes at Russell Sage College.

Purple Cow is also the name of the ice cream shop found inside many Meijer stores, although Purple Cows were more commonly found in Meijer stores in the 1980s.

Founder Fred Meijer would commonly hand out cards for free ice cream at any Meijer Purple Cow to customers or as ice breakers and has reportedly given such cards to Jimmy Carter, Generals Colin Powell and Norman Schwarzkopf, and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

Do the Right Thing ( 1989 ), Spike Lee's debut film, and The Color Purple ( 1985 ) were full character studies of African American culture and history.

As well, individuals wounded or killed as a result of " friendly fire " in the " heat of battle " will be awarded the Purple Heart as long as the " friendly " projectile or agent was released with the full intent of inflicting damage or destroying enemy troops or equipment.

By the end of the war he received a promotion to colonel, the Distinguished Service Cross and two Purple Hearts ( the full text of his Medal of Honor citation can be found further below ).

Autoroutes of Quebec in 2009. blue = Current Autoroutes, Purple = Current Super 2 Expressways in the process of being converted to full expressway, Red = Under construction, grey = Portion of 175 being converted into a super 2 and then could become partially or completely converted into a freeway ( assigned A73 ).

Honored with a Purple Heart in the Korean War, he was given a full military gun salute at his memorial at Riverside National Cemetery.

Under military regulations, the Purple Heart can also be awarded for " friendly fire " wounds in the " heat of battle ," so long as the fire is targeted " under full intent of inflicting damage or destroying enemy troops or equipment.

..." According to David Irving, Churchill ( having full access to Purple traffic ) was well aware of this message, noting it in red ink.

Laboratories use a list of 27 color hues that span the full spectrum for colored gems and diamonds ( Red, Orangish-Red, Reddish-Orange, orange, Yellowish-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Orange-Yellow, Orangish-Yellow, Yellow, Greenish-Yellow, Green-Yellow, Yellow-Green, Yellowish-Green, Green, Bluish-Green, Blue-Green, Green-Blue, Greenish-Blue, Blue, Violetish-Blue, Bluish-Violet, Violet, Purple, Reddish-Purple, Red-Purple, Purple-Red, Purplish-Red ).

SPC Frances M. Vega was buried in the Section L, Row 0, Site 7 of the Puerto Rico National Cemetery located in the city of Bayamon, Puerto Rico with full military honors and was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star for bravery and a Purple Heart Medal.

While a full list of players has not yet been revealed, the participation of Deep Purple keyboardist Don Airey and former Thunder bassist Chris Childs was confirmed by Sentance.

The performance consisted of three Purple Rain tracks (" Let's Go Crazy ", " Baby I'm a Star " and the title track ), along with cover versions of " We Will Rock You " by Queen, " All Along the Watchtower " by Bob Dylan, the Foo Fighters song " Best of You " and " Proud Mary " by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

The title of the story is a take-off on Riders of the Purple Sage, a Western by the American author Zane Grey.

In mid-1972, Thin Lizzy were asked to record an album of Deep Purple covers, which was released under the title Funky Junction Play a Tribute to Deep Purple.

She appeared in nearly all of Allen's films during this period, including leading roles in Zelig, Broadway Danny Rose, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Hannah and Her Sisters ( playing the principal title role ), Radio Days and Alice ( 1990 ), again as the title character.

***" Purple Rain " ( song ), the title track of the album

An album titled Purple Head was due in 2004, but was delayed until 2006 with a change in title, Cocked and Loaded.

The first, " I Love Rock ' n Roll ( Medley )" was released in 1982, and included big-band arrangements of the title song by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, " Cold as Ice " by Foreigner, " Under My Thumb " by The Rolling Stones, " Hit Me with Your Best Shot " by Pat Benatar, " Born to Run " by Bruce Springsteen, " I Know What Boys Like " by The Waitresses, " Smoke on the Water " by Deep Purple, and " Life During Wartime " by The Talking Heads.

The New Riders of the Purple Sage song " Henry " from their eponymous first album references Acapulco Gold-the song is about the title character traveling to Acapulco to smuggle " twenty keys of Gold " back to the States.

It was also used as the title of a Deep Purple song.

As the title of the issue tells us, this was where with harassed by the Mongol hordes on land and bombarded by the Purple fleet from sea, the Emperor releases the Black Death onto the American forces.

The title is a punning reference to the line " ' Scuse me while I kiss the sky " from the song " Purple Haze " by Jimi Hendrix.

* The title is a play on the Jimi Hendrix song " Purple Haze ": " Actin ' funny, but I don't know why -- ' scuse me while I kiss the sky ".

Even class years are assigned either the title of Golden Horseshoes or Purple Cows, while odd class years are assigned either the title of Blue Angels or Red Devils.

The most successful of the first wave was Maximum Speed, which successfully captured the frenetic world of a mod revival scene that was propelling bands like Secret Affair, Purple Hearts and The Chords into the UK charts.

Hendrix borrowed a Fender Telecaster from Noel Redding to record " Hey Joe " and " Purple Haze ", used a white Gibson SG Custom for his performances on The Dick Cavett Show in the summer of 1969, and the Isle of Wight film shows him playing his second Gibson Flying V. While Jimi had previously owned a Flying V that he had painted with a psychedelic design, the Flying V used at the Isle of Wight was a unique custom left-handed guitar with gold plated hardware, a bound fingerboard and " split-diamond " fret markers that were not found on other 1960s-era Flying Vs.

Jean was able, through telepathic therapy with the comatose Jessica Jones, to grant Jessica immunity to the Purple Man's mind control abilities, despite his powers being chemical in nature rather than psychic.

He was awarded the Purple Heart and was given a medical discharge with the rank of Private First Class.

Dylan's lead was also followed by The Byrds, joined by Gram Parsons to record Sweetheart of the Rodeo ( 1968 ), helping to define the genre of country rock, which became a particularly popular style in the California music scene of the late 1960s, and was adopted by former folk rock artists including Hearts and Flowers, Poco and New Riders of the Purple Sage.

In the past, Purple was considered the color of royalty ( like white ), but today it is sometimes used for feminist parties.

The original Purple Heart, designated as the Badge of Military Merit, was established by George Washington — then the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army – by order from his Newburgh, New York headquarters on August 7, 1782.

Elizabeth Will, an Army heraldic specialist in the Office of the Quartermaster General, was named to redesign the newly revived medal, which became known as the Purple Heart.

By Executive Order of the President of the United States, the Purple Heart was revived on the 200th Anniversary of George Washington's birth, out of respect to his memory and military achievements, by War Department General Orders No. 3, dated February 22, 1932.

The first Purple Heart was awarded to MacArthur.

During the early period of American involvement in World War II ( December 7, 1941 – September 22, 1943 ), the Purple Heart was awarded both for wounds received in action against the enemy and for meritorious performance of duty.

With the establishment of the Legion of Merit, by an Act of Congress, the practice of awarding the Purple Heart for meritorious service was discontinued.

Public Law 104-106 expanded the eligibility date, authorizing award of the Purple Heart to a former prisoner of war who was wounded before April 25, 1962.

About 100 men and women received the award, the most famous being newspaperman Ernie Pyle, who was awarded a posthumous Army Purple Heart after being killed by Japanese machine gun fire in 1945.

Current active duty personnel are awarded the Purple Heart upon recommendation from their chain of command, stating the injury that was received and the action in which the service member was wounded.

During the Vietnam War, Korean War, and World War II, the Purple Heart was often awarded on the spot, with occasional entries made into service records, but this was often not the case.

In addition, during the mass demobilizations that followed each of America's major wars of the 20th century, it was a common occurrence for the Purple Heart to be omitted from service records, due to clerical errors, once the service record was closed upon discharge.

Simple clerical errors, where a Purple Heart is denoted in military records but was simply omitted from a DD Form 214 ( Report of Separation ), are corrected on site at the National Personnel Records Center through issuance of a document known as a DD-215.