With the Iraq War, a New Generation of Gold Star Mothers

Fri Apr 4, 6:23 PM ET

Brooke Rosacker, widow of Cpl. Randal Kent Rosacker, watches as Marines take away the casket carrying the body of Cpl. Randal Rosacker, during funeral services Friday, April 4, 2003 at the First United Methodist Church in Alamosa, Colo. Rosacker was killed in action in Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Glenn Asakawa, Pool)

Fri Apr 4, 6:35 PM ET

Rodney Rosacker, father of Marine Cpl. Randall Rosacker, hugs his daughter, Samantha, after she recited a poem she wrote to honor her brother during his funeral services, Friday, Arpil 4, 2003 at the First United Methodist Church in Alamosa, Colo. Also standing is Randal Rosacker's mother, Debra. Seated immediately to the right of Debra is Randal Rosacker's wife, Brooke, and his sister, Samantha. Marine Cpl. Randall Rosacker was killed in action in Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Glenn Asakawa, pool)

Wed Apr 2, 6:38 PM ET

The casket of U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Phillip A. Jordan is carried into the Holy Family Roman Catholic Church for funeral services in Enfield, Conn., Wednesday, April 2, 2003. Jordan, 42, was among nine Marines killed March 23 in an ambush outside Nasiriyah. (AP Photo/Bob Child)

Wed Apr 2, 6:36 PM ET

Archbishop Daniel Cronin bestows a blessing on Tyler Jordan, 6, during a funeral service for Tyler's father, U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Phillip A. Jordan at Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in Enfield, Conn., Wednesday, April 2, 2003. Jordan was killled March 23, 2003 in Iraq (news - web sites).Tyler is with his mother Amanda Jordan. (AP Photo/Chip East, Pool)

Mon Apr 7, 5:17 PM ET

Jim and Joyce Frazier, right, and family and friends watch as a U.S. Air Force honor guard places the casket of their son, Jacob, into a hearse following funeral services at St. Patrick's church on Monday, April 7, 2003, in St. Charles, Ill. Jacob, an Air Force sergeant, was killed in an ambush while on patrol in Afghanistan (news - web sites) last week. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)

Tue Apr 1, 6:58 PM ET

Marine Honor Guards raise the flag from the casket of 1st Lt. Therrel Shane Childers during funeral services Tuesday April 1, 2003 in Powell Wyo. Childers became the first American combat casualty in the war in Iraq (news - web sites) according to U.S. military officials. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Tue Apr 1, 7:02 PM ET

Judy Childers, the mother of Marine 1st Lt. Therrel Shane Childers crys on the shoulder of her son Sam Childers after funeral services for Shane Tuesday, April 1, 2003 in Powell, Wy. Lt. Childers was leading a platoon of riflemen in an assault on an oil pumping station in southern Iraq (news - web sites) when he was killed on March 21, becoming the first American combat casualty in the war in Iraq. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Mon Apr 14, 1:43 PM ET

Chelle Pokorney touches her husband's casket as daughter Taylor, 2, holds the flag during Lieutenant Frederick Pokorney, Jr.'s funeral Monday, April 14, 2003 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Pokorney was killed March 23, 2003 in Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Lisa Nipp)

Sat Apr 12, 7:28 PM ET

The family of Marine PFC Francisco Martinez Flores embrace as they greave for the 21-year-old during his funeral Mass Saturday, April, 12, 2003 in Monrovia, Calif. His mother, Martha Martinez Flores embraces her husband Samuel, left and her youngest son, Sammy. The Marine was killed when his tank tumbled from a collapsing bridge in Iraq (news - web sites) was remembered Saturday as a man who loved two countries the United States and Mexico and died to liberate a third. Hundreds of mourners packed Immaculate Conception Church and others overflowed outside during the funeral Mass for Martinez Flores, 21, who died just two weeks before he was to become a U.S. citizen.(AP Photo/Virgina Lee Hunter)

Monday April 14, 10:24 PM

Jill Kiehl watches as the American flag is removed from the casket of her husband, Army Spc. James Kiehl, who was killed in action in Iraq late last month, at a funeral service in Center Point, Texas, Monday, April 14, 2003. Kiehl, eight months pregnant, was presented with her husbands posthumous Purple Heart and Bronze Star for meritorius service. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Tue Apr 15, 1:29 PM ET

Marines remove the casket from College Heights Baptist Church at the conclusion of the funeral for Cpl. Patrick Nixon on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 in Gallatin, Tenn. Nixon is the first Tennessean killed in the war against Iraq (news - web sites). His body was found March 30, a week after his unit was ambushed as it tried to secure a bridge near Nasiriyah in southern Iraq. Following the casket are Nixon's father, David, center of the aisle, and stepmother, Debra. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey

Tue Apr 15, 1:44 PM ET

Rev. Michael Blankenship speaks at the funeral for Marine Cpl. Patrick Nixon at College Heights Baptist Church Tuesday, April 15, 2003 in Gallatin, Tenn. Nixon is the first Tennessean killed in the war against Iraq (news - web sites). His body was found March 30, a week after his unit was ambushed as it tried to secure a bridge near Nasiriyah in southern Iraq. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Tue Apr 15, 1:56 PM ET

An Army honor guard carries the casket of 1st Sgt. Robert J. Dowdy from St. John Nepomucene Roman Catholic Church in Cleveland following a funeral mass Tuesday, April 15, 2003. Dowdy, a member of the 507th Maintenance Co. was killed in Iraq (news - web sites) at the start of the war. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Tue Apr 15, 1:56 PM ET

Kristy Dowdy, left, and her mother, Kathleen, follow the casket of Army 1st Sgt. Robert J. Dowdy from St. John Nepomucene Roman Catholic Church in Cleveland following a funeral mass Tuesday, April 15, 2003. Sgt. Dowdy, a member of the 507th Maintenance Co. was killed in an ambush inside Iraq (news - web sites) at the start of the war. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Tue Apr 15, 3:59 PM ET

Kristy Dowdy, left, and her mother, Kathleen, released pigeons as a final goodbye at the funeral of her father, Army 1st Sgt. Robert J. Dowdy at Holy Cross Cemetary in Brook Park, Ohio Tuesday, April 15, 2003. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)

Tue Apr 15, 4:06 PM ET

A U.S. Army honor guard carries the flag-draped casket of Spc. Donald Oaks Jr. from the funeral service in downtown Erie, Pa., Tuesday, April 15, 2003. Oaks, who is from nearby Harborcreek, Pa., was one of three soldiers killed April 3 when a bomb dropped on a multilaunch rocket system in what military officials are investigating as a possible ``friendly fire'' incident. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Tue Apr 15, 4:17 PM ET

The mother of U.S. Army Spcl. Donald Oaks Jr. Laurie Oaks, right and his father, Donald Oaks Sr, center, leave the funeral service in Erie, Pa., Tuesday, April 15, 2003, with his grandmother, Mary Oaks, left. Oaks, who is from nearby Harborcreek, Pa., was one of three soldiers killed April 3 when a bomb dropped on a multilaunch rocket system in what military officials are investigating as a possible ``friendly fire'' incident. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Tue Apr 15, 7:00 PM ET

A Marine honor guard carries the casket of Lance Cpl. Brian E. Anderson, Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at the Beechwood Cemetery, in Durham, N.C., during funeral services for the Camp Lejeune Marine. Anderson was killed in Iraq (news - web sites) on April 2.(AP Phfoto/Bob Jordan)

Tue Apr 15, 6:42 PM ET

Charlene Stroud, mother of Marine Lance Cpl. Brian E. Anderson, reacts as she holds the American flag from his casket, Tuesday, April 15, 2003, in Durham, N.C., after funeral services for the Camp Lejeune Marine. Anderson was killed in Iraq (news - web sites) on April 2.(AP Phfoto/Bob Jordan)

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Wed Apr 2, 8:59 AM ET

Rosary Contreras talks on the phone in her home near Sherwood, Ore., Tuesday night, April 1, 2003, to a friend about the death of her son, Marine Capt. Aaron J. Contreras. Contreras and two other U.S. servicemen died when their UH-1 Huey crashed Sunday at a forward supply and refueling point in southern Iraq (news - web sites), the Defense Department said. (AP Photo/John Gress)

Tue Apr 15, 7:06 PM ET

Taylor Contreras the youngest son of U.S. Marine Capt. Aaron Contreras stands in front of a picutre of his father during funeral services Tuesday, April 15, 2003 at the St. Francis Catholic Church in Sherwood, Ore. Contreras who was killed in action in Iraq (news - web sites) (AP Photo/John Klicker)

Wed Apr 16,11:02 AM ET

Royal Marines attend the funeral of Marine Christopher Maddison at St Maryis Church, Scarborough, Northeast England, Wednesday April 16, 2003. Maddison died on active service in Iraq (news - web sites) when his unit was ambushed on a river patrol near Basra. (AP Photo/John Giles/PA)

Wed Apr 16,11:37 AM ET

Family members of U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Brian M. McPhillips, left to right, father David McPhillips, mother Julie, sister Carrie and funeral director William Quealy follow Brian McPhillips' flag draped casket out of Holy Family Church in Rockland, Mass., Wednesday, April 16, 2003, as a U.S. Marine officer salutes. McPhillips, 25, of Pembroke, Mass., who was killed April 4, 2003, as coalition forces advanced on Baghdad. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)

Wed Apr 16,10:24 AM ET

Elementary school children from Holy Family school in Rockland, Massachusetts watch as the casket of United States Marine 1st Lt. Brian McPhillips arrives by hearse at his funeral April 16, 2003 in Rockland. McPhillips was killed during fighting in Iraq (news - web sites). REUTERS/Jim Bourg

Wed Apr 16, 2:41 PM ET

Retired Marine Master Sgt. Robert Williams, center, salutes the casket of Navy medic Michael Vann Johnson, Jr. during funeral services at Agape Church in Little Rock, Ark., Wednesday, April 16, 2003. Johnson, the lone Arkansan killed in the Iraq (news - web sites) war, died March 25 while attending to wounded Marines in battle. Standing to the left is Corpsman Billy Sandoval who served with Johnson and gave a eulogy at the funeral.(AP Photo/Brian Chilson)

Wed Apr 16, 4:20 PM ET

A U.S. Army honor guard carries the flag draped casket of Sgt. Stevon Booker from his funeral services in Apollo,Pa. on Wednesday, April 16, 2003. Booker died on April 5 after sustaining injuries during combat in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites). Booker's mother, Freddie Jackson, in white at upper right, is escorted by Major Gen. Russel Honore, right, and Sgt. Paul Carbisiero.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Wed Apr 16, 4:20 PM ET

A U.S. Army honor guard carries the flag draped casket of Sgt. Stevon Booker from his funeral services in Apollo,Pa. on Wednesday, April 16, 2003. Booker died on April 5 after sustaining injuries during combat in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites). Booker's mother, Freddie Jackson, in white at upper right, is escorted by Major Gen. Russel Honore, right, and Sgt. Paul Carbisiero.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Wed Apr 16, 5:31 PM ET

Lance Hale, right, hugs his mother Annette Hale, Wednesday, April 16, 2003, at the funeral of his brother U.S. Army Capt. Edward Korn in the Whitefield Chapel at the Bethesda Home for Boys in Savannah, Ga. Korn's father Richard Korn, seated to the left, looks on. Korn, an alumnus of the home, was killed April 3 in Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)

Sir SuziQ's grandmother was a Gold Star Mom. At one time , during WWII, she had a banner with 4 blue stars hanging in her window. SSQ's Dad didn't serve overseas; he was a Drill Sergeant in the States.

A friend and her kids are making buttons that say "I support the Troops" and "God Bless our Troops". She also made some with a red circle border and a blue star inside the circle. She handed them out to families with loved ones serving in the military during Worcester's Support the Troops Rally last week. Many people didn't even know what it meant.