Haverhill Begins Process of Being Designated as a 'Purple Heart City'

By John Lee Grant |
December 18, 2020
Staff Sgt. Beau M. Martindale is awarded the Purple Heart by Maj. Gen. Yves J. Fontaine during a ceremony on Coleman Barracks. (Photograph courtesy of U.S. Army. Spc. Adrienne Killingsworth, 18th MP Bde. PAO.)
The Haverhill City Council has begun the process of designating Haverhill as a Purple Heart Community.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Lorraine Post 29 Commander Keith Gopsill proposed to councilors Tuesday the designation to honor local veterans injured while serving their country.
“One small way that we can not only help local veterans, but any veteran that visits our fair city, is to make the City of Haverhill a Purple Heart City. By doing so, we reserve the right to post road signs around the city declaring, ‘We are proud of those who have borne the scars of battle and are recipients of the esteemed Purple Heart award, who call Haverhill home.,’” he explained.

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