Gold Star ceremonies were held across the country Sunday honoring fallen soldiers and their families.
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Mothers were honored through music and gifts.
“I am a retired Navy veteran and I never knew what the Blue or Gold Star symbolized”, Beckie said. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, that would extend the same federal hiring preference to fathers that is available to mothers of servicemembers killed or permanently and totally disabled in action has cleared the House and is on its way to President Obama’s desk.
There was a silent prayer and gun salute, in addition to mothers who spoke about losing their son or daughter in war.
“No one wants to join our club; the dues are too high”, said Renate DeAngelis of Campbell Hall, president of the Hudson Valley Chapter of Gold Star Mothers. This allowed members of the community to know the price that the family had paid in the cause of freedom.
Putnam County’ first Gold Star Mother, Hazel Martinez of Putnam Lake, died in 2013. The Gold Star Wives was formed before the end of World War II. “We attend a Gold Star parents gathering each year in San Francisco at the Marines Memorial Foundation”.
At every crossroads in the American story, courageous individuals of all backgrounds and beliefs have answered our Nation’s call to serve.
“Our hearts will always be for them”.
The proud patriots of our Armed Forces never serve alone. Standing with each service member are parents, spouses, children, siblings, and friends, providing support and love and helping uphold the ideals that bind our Nation together. For more information you can visit their website.
Federal law already gives job preference to “Gold Star Mothers” whose veteran sons or daughters are deceased or disabled. Our country is constantly inspired by their incredible resilience, and in their example we see the very best of America.
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“When (the casualty officers) rung our doorbell August. 18, 2011, not only did I fall to my knees and beg God to make them go away – because our lives at that instant changed forever – but I became a Gold Star mother, an organization no one hopes for”.
