Yorktown is a Purple Heart Town
On August 7, 2013, Eugene Lang, Neil Gross, Dale Novak, the Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 21 New York, and the Town Board held a ceremony designating Yorktown as a Purple Heart Town.
Town Board Resolution dated August 6, 2013
Whereas, the Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 21 has requested the Town Board officially proclaim the Town of Yorktown officially a Purple Heart Town;
Therefore be it resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Yorktown accepts the recommendation of the Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 21 and proclaims the Town of Yorktown officially a “Purple Heart Town”.