RUSSELL — On Wednesday, there was a small ceremony held at Town Hall to unveil signs that designate Russell as a Purple Heart Town and that it is now part of the Purple Heart Trail which runs nearly all the way across the country along Route 20.

“The only thing that surprises me a little bit, I’ll be honest with you, is that Russell didn’t do this sooner. Russell has always been very supportive of veterans,” said Troy Henke, the state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars during the ceremony.

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