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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.
On May 28, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson approved a suggestion made by the Council of National Defense that, instead of wearing conventional mourning for relatives who have died in the service of their country, American women should wear a black band on the left arm with a gilt star on the band for each member of the family who has given his life for the nation.
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
Act 145 of 2024, signed into law last month by Gov. Josh Shapiro, authorizes the construction of a Gold Star Families Memorial Monument. Rep. Joseph Kerwin, R-Elizabethtown, introduced House Bill ...
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This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source. [4]The Gold Star Fathers Act of 2014 would include as a preference eligible for federal employment purposes a parent (currently, the mother only) of either an individual who lost his or her life under honorable conditions while serving in the Armed Forces during a war, in a ...
He told KOVR, "To hear the reaction of the flight being delayed because of a Gold Star family, and the first class cabin booing that was really upsetting." Perry, a Marine veteran himself, told ...
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.