BLYTHEWOOD – Displaying the sign that designates Blythewood as a Purple Heart Town are, from left: Mayor Pro Tem Eddie Baughman; Brigadier General Milford Beagle, Jr., Commander, Fort Jackson; Purple Heart recipient First Sergeant (Ret.) Brian Nolan; Command Sergeant Major (Ret.) Carl Lopez; Mayor Bryan Franklin and LTC (Ret.) Cary Bond, Commander of the S.C. Chapter of the Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club.
Brigadier General Milford Beagle, Jr., Commander, Fort Jackson 
A sign proclaiming Blythewood as a Purple Heart Town was unveiled during the ceremony. 
