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That Knock at the Door

Release on 20122012 by Holly S. Fenelon
That Knock at the Door

Author: Holly S. Fenelon

Publisher: iUniverse

ISBN: 9781475925371

Category: History

Page: 416

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A blue star for each family member serving in America's military... a gold star if that life was lost in defense of the nation's 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 nation's service, a gold star covered that individual's blue star on the family service flag. Not a symbol of mourning, the gold star represented the family's pride and the honor and glory accorded to that individual for making the supreme sacrifice in defense of the America's 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.
History
That Knock at the Door
Language: en
Pages: 416

That Knock at the Door

Authors: Holly S. Fenelon
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: iUniverse

A blue star for each family member serving in America's military... a gold star if that life was lost in defense of the nation's 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
Reassessing the Presidency
Language: en
Pages: 791

Reassessing the Presidency

Authors: David Gordon, Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Thomas E. Woods, Jr, Yuri N. Maltsev, Ralph Raico, Paul Gottfried, Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-09-19 - Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute

American Despots

Amazing low sale price in defense of authentic freedom as versus the presidency that betrayed it!

Everyone seems to agree that brutal dictators and despotic rulers deserve scorn and worse. But why have historians been so willing to overlook the despotic actions of the United States' own

The Great War in America: World War I and Its Aftermath
Language: en
Pages: 400

The Great War in America: World War I and Its Aftermath

Authors: Garrett Peck
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-12-04 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

A chronicle of the American experience during World War I and the unexpected changes that rocked the country in its immediate aftermath—the Red Scare, race riots, women’s suffrage, and Prohibition. The Great War’s bitter outcome left the experience largely overlooked and forgotten in American history. This timely book is a
American–Soviet Relations
Language: en
Pages: 296

American–Soviet Relations

Authors: Peter G. Boyle
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-12-28 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

American-Soviet Relations (1993) is a study of American policy towards the Soviet Union from 1917 to the fall of Communism. It attempts to understand what precisely were the roots of the Cold War and an analysis of the later relationship in the light of the Soviet Union’s evolution since the
The Papers of Woodrow Wilson
Language: en
Pages: 712

The Papers of Woodrow Wilson

Authors: Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1985-01 - Publisher:

This massive collection includes all important letters, speeches, interviews, press conferences, and public papers on Woodrow Wilson. The volumes make available as never before the materials essential to understanding Wilson's personality, his intellectual, religious, and political development, and his careers as educator, writer, orator, and statesman. The Papers not only

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