BUCKLAND — Town officials were joined by veterans and their families at Town Hall on Monday afternoon for a ceremony officially declaring Buckland to be a Purple Heart Town. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZPhillips said he is the proud son of a Purple Heart veteran who served in the Vietnam War. Proclaiming the town as a Purple Heart Town is a recognition of his father’s service, as well as that of every other Buckland veteran. Along with a reading of a proclamation of gratitude to the town’s veterans, officials unveiled a Purple Heart Town sign. Westborough became the first town in Massachusetts to be declared a Purple Heart Town in 2013.