Last week the Town of Winthrop unveiled signs at both entrances, declaring Winthrop is an Official Purple Heart Town in a ceremony at Belle Isle Bridge. Winthrop’s American Legion Post 146 on the Belle Isle Bridge, shown above with Sgt. Richard Van DaLinda (second from left) a Vietnam Veteran Green Beret, received 6 Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart in his service for our country.
Sergents Richard and Brandan Van-DaLinda unveiled the sign at Belle Isle Bridge during the ceremony last Thursday evening.