To: maggief
What is the meaning of Gold Star?
2 posted on
08/03/2016 2:34:01 PM PDT by
ColdOne
(poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~First woman nominated to be Prez, Valerie Jarrett, not Hillary.)
To: ColdOne
3 posted on
08/03/2016 2:34:44 PM PDT by
Sybeck1
(Remember the Court)
To: ColdOne
I believe it started in WWII. If a person was killed a Gold Star was hung in the window of the parents.
5 posted on
08/03/2016 2:35:17 PM PDT by
VerySadAmerican
("...if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it..." Acts 5:39)
To: ColdOne
Gold Star parents are parents who lost a child in combat.
6 posted on
08/03/2016 2:36:58 PM PDT by
Lera
( 1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
To: ColdOne
My grandparents had one, small rectangular banner about the size of 2-3 washcloths with a red & blue border and white background for the gold star.
They even had an organization back in those days called Gold Star Mothers. It was not just a mutual support group, but they wrote cards and put together care packages for other people in the service.
They didn't use it as a club to promote their personal politics and business interests.
15 posted on
08/03/2016 2:45:48 PM PDT by
Vigilanteman
(ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
To: ColdOne
It all started around WW1. It finally became an official government thing in 1947.
http://www.taps.org/magazine/article.aspx?id=6464
If you see a little lapel pin like this, you know.
40 posted on
08/03/2016 3:32:09 PM PDT by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
To: ColdOne
What is the meaning of Gold Star? During WW II families hung a Maroon banner with a Gold Star on it for each family member in service. Now I guess that it has morphed into meaning a death in combat.
48 posted on
08/03/2016 3:51:45 PM PDT by
itsahoot
(Trump kills PC--Hillary kills USA--Pick one.)
To: ColdOne
Blue Star means you have family currently serving overseas. Gold Star means you have lost a family member.
It goes back to WWII.
66 posted on
08/04/2016 8:48:08 AM PDT by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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