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Gold Star Mothers listen as Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley (not pictured) offers remarks during the 80th Gold Star Mother's Day commemorative ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., September 25, 2016. The AGSM is a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization [2] that sets its own rules for who is allowed to become a ...
Sep. 26—Sunday afternoon brought families and community members together in honor of Owensboro's first recognized Gold Star Mother's and Family Day at the Gold Star Families Memorial Monument in ...
Gold Star Mother's Day: Calls upon government officials to display the American flag on all government buildings and upon the people of the U.S. to display the flag at their homes as a public expression of love, sorrow, and reverence for Gold Star mothers. 36 U.S.C. § 111: October 1–8 (Floating Monday) Child Health Day
The Gold Star Mothers Memorial is installed at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas. The stone memorial was erected in 2001. The stone memorial was erected in 2001. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was dedicated on November 1, by Governor Rick Perry .
WASHINGTON — It’s been a long, difficult road for Gold Star mother Nanette West. There was the searing loss of her son, Army 1 st Lt. Kile Grant West, on Memorial Day in 2007 in Iraq. She said ...
The History Channel notes that she hosted the first-ever Mother's Day function on May 10, 1908 in her hometown of Grafton, West Virginia, and that it was followed by a similar event in ...
Gold Star mothers are women entitled to display a gold star on a service flag as the mother, stepmother, adoptive mother or foster mother of a United States Armed Forces member that died while engaged in action against an enemy recognized by the Secretary of Defense. Gold Star Mothers may also refer to:
September is Suicide Prevention Month, and veteran suicides fell to their lowest level in 12 years in 2019, according to data released by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA says in 2018 ...