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Blue Star Mothers, wives, and visiting soldiers, Granada Relocation Center, Colorado, June 1943. Retired Army Capt. George H. Maines conceived the idea for the Blue Star Mothers after a conversation with General John Pershing. He ran a newspaper article in the Flint News Advertiser on January 22, 1942. A coupon was included in the article and ...
Charitable support organizations have been established for Gold Star mothers, Gold Star wives, Blue Star mothers, and Blue Star wives. The last Sunday in September is observed as Gold Star Mother's Day, Gold Star family members are entitled to wear a Gold Star Lapel Button , and all 50 U.S. states and Guam offer some form of a specialty license ...
American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. (AGSM), is a private [1] nonprofit organization [2] of American mothers who lost sons or daughters in service of the United States Armed Forces. It was originally formed in 1928 for mothers of those lost in World War I , and it holds a congressional charter under Title 36 § 211 of the United States Code . [ 3 ]
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — The Blue Star Mothers of Coastal Carolina is asking for donations as a deadline nears in efforts to place wreaths on the gravesites of fallen veterans. The goal of ...
Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day § 105. Child Health Day § 106. Constitution Day and Citizenship Day § 107. Columbus Day § 108. Constitution Week § 109. Father's Day § 110. Flag Day § 111. Gold Star Mother's Day § 112. Honor America Days § 113. Law Day, U.S.A. § 114. Leif Erikson Day § 115. Loyalty Day § 116. Memorial Day ...
Robert George Whitehead (October 31, 1916 – February 22, 2007) was a Texas businessman who created Quaker House Products, Inc., which produced and marketed the first-aid treatment known as "Blue Star Ointment"; some 50 million jars are sold annually in the United States.
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 ...
The family of fallen U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole Gee, a Roseville native who was killed in Afghanistan in August 2021, commemorated the third anniversary of her death with former President ...