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Dunedin was chosen to be Florida's first "Purple Heart Park" on August 3rd 2006. Purple Heart Park is a place to pay tribute to those who have fallen in battle in the military. Purple Heart Park is located in downtown Dunedin at 300 Main Street. You can also buy bricks and engrave anything into them to pay respect to military members who have fallen.

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Purple heart park opened in 1990's and they're are several of them scattered all across the U.S. The Florida location for the purple heart park is located in Dunedin Florida, “dedicated to the Military Order of the Purple Heart, men and women killed or injured during combat while members of the Armed Services." The park also offers a memorial wall so families and friends can come and honor their lost loved ones. They're able to buy bricks and inscribe messages into them to add to the wall.

Dunedin, FL. (n.d.). Retrieved March 05, 2021, from https://www.dunedingov.com/about/purple-heart-city#:~:text=Dunedin%20was%20designated%20as%20Florida's,City%20on%20August%203%2C%202006.&text=Dunedin%20was%20designated%20as%20Florida's%20first%20Purple%20Heart%20City%20by,Dunedin%20at%20300%20Main%20Street.