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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.
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.
In 2017, I was escorted to Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace. To my knowledge, I was the only Gold Star widow to ever make such a trip, and it made US officials nervous, to say the least, to see ...
The Gold Star Mothers was founded by Grace Darling Seibold of Washington, D.C. [4] When the United States entered World War I in 1917, George Vaughn Seibold, 23, volunteered, requesting assignment in aviation.
The White House chief of staff blasted Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson for telling the press details of the president's call with a Gold Star widow.
I worry that the departure of American troops from Afghanistan will also mean the departure of their sacrifices from our collective American memory.
A service flag or service banner is a banner that family members of those serving in the United States Armed Forces can display. The flag or banner is officially defined as a white field with a red border, with a blue star for each family member serving in the Armed Forces of the United States during any period of war or hostilities.
Gold Star families are speaking out after President Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama of not calling the families of fallen soldiers.