Signs also names town a ‘Purple Heart Community’
There are large new white and green signs on the roads and highways leading into Wake Forest, signs that simply say “Wake Forest Town Limits” with the image of the town tree, the cedar standing where North Avenue meets Front Street. The town is also installing new signs identifying town parks and properties.
The town limit signs also carry a smaller board which identifies Wake Forest as a Purple Heart Community. That designation, the first in North Carolina, was proclaimed by the town commissioners in July 2012.
Three years earlier several area residents formed the Wake Forest Purple Heart Foundation to plan an annual banquet for Purple Heart recipients and their families. Since then, the annual banquet has honored well over 400 Purple Heart recipients.
The foundation is also involved in several other community projects. This year, from Oct. 18 through 21, it is bringing The Wall That Heals to E. Carroll Joyner Park. Wake Forest is the only community in North Carolina which will display The Wall That Heals in 2018
In addition, the Purple Heart Foundation is partnering with Bright Memorials to install a Purple Heart memorial near town hall. The group also sponsors a float in the annual Christmas Parade and works with local veterans organizations to host a monthly flag-raising ceremony to honor deceased veterans.
Because of the efforts of the Wake Forest foundation, the North Carolina Purple Heart Foundation was created and now hosts several banquets for Purple Heart recipients across the state.
For more information about the Wake Forest Purple Heart Foundation, contact Greg Harrington atgharrington@wakeforestnc.gov.
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Okay. I’m confuzzled.
Did the town limits change? Because, these signs are popping up in areas the old town limit signs were not prior.
Also, the OLD town limit signs are still up. Take this for example: Turn onto Wall Road in Franklin County. You go a little ways, you see one of the new “Wake Forest Town Limit” signs. Go a little further … you’ll see another. Then, you see the OLD sign when Wall turns into Oak just past the Richland Creek Bridge (across from the new Housing being constructed … just prior to Remington Woods Subdivision).
Then there is the different styles of signs. Some are Beige/Off White with the Town Tree. Others are Simply Green and White (typical roadway signage). What gives?
I am so confused. Confused. Confused. Confused. I don’t even know where the town begins or ends!