Thank you, Meg, for your gorgeous opening and the Gold Star Mother's tribute post. I remember when LadTx was writing essays for us for The Finest, one of them was about the "Blue Star Flag", which he explained this way:
The American War Mothers flag was first displayed during World War I. The blue star on a white background trimmed in red was a design created by Robert L. Queissner of Ohio to reflect the WWI service of his two sons. The flag was displayed in windows to denote the home of a soldier’s mother. As WWI progressed and American lives were lost a new flag developed from the blue star. When a son was killed the, mothers began sewing a gold star over the blue and soon thereafter President Wilson began referring to these women as “Gold Star Mothers.”
03-07-03 ~ The American War Mothers Flag ~ The Blue Star Flag
