Gold Star Mother and Father List
Author: Mary Wilbanks
Publisher:
Published: 198?
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13:
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We Regret to Inform You
Author: Joanne Steen
Publisher: Central Recovery Press
Published: 2019-05-14
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1942094973
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA compassionate guide to help Gold Star parents cope with the grief and loss of their military son or daughter. Author Joanne Steen tackles the subject that terrifies parents of military personnel—the death of their son or daughter on active duty. In short, easy-to-read chapters Gold Star parents find thoughtful explanations and trustworthy advice for coping with military grief. Steen weaves together realistic examples with voices of other Gold Star parents, connecting the readers to the wisdom of those parents who have walked in their shoes. Chapters for relatives, friends, and professional service providers of Gold Star parents are also included, supplying them with what they need to know about military loss; what to expect in the parents; and best practices on what to say and ways to help support them. Gold Star parents will find a path to survive their life-changing loss and develop the resilience to move forward. Joanne Steen has more than twenty years’ experience in the grief and loss field, with a specialty in military loss. She is a board-certified counselor, instructor, Gold Star widow, and the founder of Grief Solutions, a training company on grief, loss and resilience. Steen is also the coauthor of Military Widow: A Survival Guide (Naval Institute Press, 2006)
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation
Publisher:
Published: 1938
Total Pages: 426
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Author: Holly S. Fenelon
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2012-06-05
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 1475925387
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA blue star for each family member serving in Americas military a gold star if that life was lost in defense of the nations freedom. IN WORLD WAR I, the American tradition of the service flag began. Families displayed a simple fabric banner with a blue star for each family member serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. If a family member died in the nations service, a gold star covered that individuals blue star on the family service flag. Not a symbol of mourning, the gold star represented the familys pride and the honor and glory accorded to that individual for making the supreme sacrifice in defense of the Americas freedom. Soon, the term gold star mother came to be used to identify and honor women who had lost a son or daughter in wartime military service. Following the war, as the nation focused its attention on those veterans who had returned whole in mind and body, gold star mothers served as a constant reminder of the true cost of war. In 1928, a group of these women formed American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., an organization created to honor those who had died by being of service to veterans and their families in need, supporting gold star families, and caring for veterans who had returned with physical, emotional and psychological wounds. From that humble beginning, American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. has become an icon of national service, opening its membership time and again to gold star mothers of later wars and conflicts, including Iraq and Afghanistan. Their amazing legacy of service is an important yet largely unknown chapter in American history. This book presents the story of gold star mothers in America and the first comprehensive history of American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., drawn from nearly a century of archival materials. The fascinating story of the strong women who honored their fallen sons and daughters by dedicating themselves to the service of veterans and peace is both compelling and inspiring.
Code of Federal Regulations
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Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13:
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Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
Published: 1947
Total Pages: 1184
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
Published: 1937
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCode of Federal Regulations, Title 3, The President, 2010 Compilation, and Pt. 100-102, Revised as of January 1, 2011
Author: Office of the Federal Register (U.S.) Staff
Publisher: Office of Government Ethics
Published: 2011-07-28
Total Pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9780160875205
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Author: United States
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 1356
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Gold Star Mother Pilgrimages of the 1930s
Author: John W. Graham
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2005-05-25
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 078642138X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the first World War, a flag with a gold star identified families who had lost soldiers. Grieving women were "Gold Star" mothers and widows. Between 1930 and 1933, the United States government took 6,654 Gold Star pilgrims to visit their sons' and husbands' graves in American cemeteries in Belgium, England, and France. Veteran Army officers acted as tour guides, helping women come to terms with their losses as they sought solace and closure. The government meticulously planned and paid for everything from transportation and lodging to menus, tips, sightseeing, and interpreters. Flowered wreaths, flags, and camp chairs were provided at the cemeteries, and official photographers captured each woman standing at her loved one's grave. This work covers the Gold Star pilgrimages from their launch to the present day, beginning with an introduction to the war and wartime burial. Subsequent topics include the legislative struggle and evolution of the pilgrimage bill; personal pilgrimages, including that of the parents of poet Joyce Kilmer; the role of the Quartermaster Corps; the segregation controversy; a close examination of the first group to travel, Party A of May 1930; and the results of the pilgrimage experience as described by participants, observers, organizers, and scholars, researched through diaries, letters, scrapbooks, interviews, and newspaper accounts.
