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Gold Star Wives of America with Doug Jones at the United States Capitol in 2019.. The Gold Star Wives of America (Gold Star Spouses) (GSW) is a private nonprofit organization formed before the end of World War II that provides support for surviving spouses and children of those who lost their lives due to military service Armed Forces of the United States.
On the last Sunday in September, Gold Star Mother's Day is observed in the U.S. in honor of Gold Star mothers, as established in Title 36 § 111 of the United States Code. [13] This was originally declared by Senate Joint Resolution 115 of June 23, 1936. [ 14 ]
Gold Star Fathers Act of 2014, proposed US law to expand preferred eligibility for federal jobs to the fathers of certain disabled or deceased veterans; Gold Star Wives of America, nonprofit organization supporting spouses and children of service members who died in World War II; All pages with titles containing Gold star
The Gold Star Mothers National Monument was a proposed national memorial to honor mothers whose children died in defense of the United States. The name of the memorial refers to the Gold Star Mothers Club , formed in the aftermath of World War I.
A Gold Star Lapel Button (left) and Next of Kin Lapel Button. A Gold Star Lapel Button in the United States is an official decoration authorized by an Act of Congress that is issued to the direct next of kin family members of service members who died in World War I, World War II, and subsequent armed hostilities in which the Armed Forces of the United States has been engaged.
The Silver Star Families of America is an organization attempting to encourage the U.S. Congress to make the Silver Star Service Banner official for those wounded or injured in a war zone. Forty-nine states, Guam, Saipan, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Chickasaw Nation and over 2,700 cities and counties have issued proclamations in support of the ...
Pence's first official portrait Mike and Karen Pence with Gold Star Wives of America, April 2017. Pence became the second lady of the United States on January 20, 2017, succeeding Jill Biden. She hired Kristan King Nevins as her chief of staff; Nevins had served in the same position under former First Lady Barbara Bush.
Crocker was born in 1946 in Mystic, Connecticut.After attending Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut, she met and married West Point officer David R. Crocker, Jr. [4] When her husband died during the Vietnam War, Crocker went back to school and received a B.S. from the University of Connecticut; an MA in education from Tufts University; and a PhD in nutrition and human development from ...