Just how the next tradition began is unclear, but when a soldier died, the blue star was replaced by a gold one. In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson approved a recommendation by the Women’s ...

The Gold Star families of Spc ... kick off with a welcome from event organizer Trish Shallenberger, CEO of A Soldier’s Hands. A Soldier’s Hands is a partner of the Carry The Load Continuum ...

“I don’t think anybody knew what ‘Gold Star’ was until several years into ... This February, Jake won his unit’s battalion-level contest for soldier of the year, then won the Guard ...

Deborah is also an active member of American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., advocating for veterans and families of fallen soldiers. The Davids believe their son would be proud of the work they've done ...

In making her visits to Congress, Taylor said she’s also come to embrace the term, “Gold Star Mom.” Just saying the phrase still chokes her up. She recently joined Texas/Oklahoma Gold Star ...

PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va . (WSAZ) - 55 planted apple trees each represent the 55 counties in West Virginia to honor post-9/11 ...

OZARK-Skipperville native and World War I Gold Star soldier 1st Lt. Peyton Van Dorn Deese, who died in France in 1918 at the age of 29, was commemorated Monday with the naming of the Ozark-Dale ...

Gold Star Mother’s Day is nationally observed ... Among many honors, he earned the Soldier’s Medal of Valor for once saving a civilian worker. Moore was only 11 years old when she found ...

A solemn artifact was returned to a soldier's family ... Joseph's mother was given the WWI Gold Star Mothers and Widows Pilgrimage Medal after she was able to visit his grave.