American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.
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Organized nationally in 1928 in the District of Columbia, the group was composed of women who had lost a son or daughter in World War I. Later membership included mothers from World War II and the Korean Conflict. Denton chapter was chartered on November 11, 1948.
From the description of American Gold Star Mothers papers. (Texas Woman's University Library). WorldCat record id: 435493362
Organizational History
On June 4, 1928, the American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., was organized in Washington, D.C., by Grace Darling Seibold (died 1947) and twenty-five other mothers whose sons had lost their lives in military service during World War I. The organization was named after the gold star that families hung in their window in honor of the deceased veteran. Membership was reopened in 1942 for mothers who had lost a son or daughter in World War II, then for the Korean Conflict, and later for mothers of American military personnel killed while on active duty.
From the guide to the American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., Records, 1917-1941, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Mothers of soldiers
- World War, 1914-1918
- Women
- Women
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
