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	Women revive a club no one wants to join
		Gold Star Mothers Myra Rintamaki, left, Shellie Starr and Linda Swanberg stand behind a memorial to their sons at their group's quarterly meeting in Algona.
		Gold Star Mothers is a support group made up of mothers of service members killed in a war.
		Decals with a gold star on a field of white, trimmed in red.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/294489_goldstar02.html?source=rss (1851 words)

	Gold Star Mothers Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gold Star Mothers was founded by Grace Darling Seibold of Washington, D.C. Her son, First Lieutenant George Vaughn Seibold, was killed in aerial combat over France in August, 1918.
		Today, membership in the Gold Star Mothers is open to any American woman whose child has died in the line of duty of the United States Armed Forces.
		Just as when it was founded, the Gold Star Mothers continues to concentrate on providing emotional support to its members, doing volunteer work with veterans in general and veteran's hospitals in particular, and generally fostering a sense of patriotism and respect for members of the Armed Forces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gold_Star_Mothers_Club (486 words)

	Gold Star Mothers gather, unified by losses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Gold Star Mothers were honored Friday at a dinner at the Herkimer Elks Club, given by the Herkimer Chapter of the Vietnam Veterans Association.
		Gold Star Mothers are mothers who have had a son or daughter in the military killed during wartime.
		Six Gold Star Mothers and one Gold Star wife gathered at the Elks Lodge in Herkimer Friday evening to be honored with a meal, courtesy of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 827.
	www.uticaod.com /archive/2003/11/08/news/19565.html (792 words)

	Suffolk Life Newspapers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. is a non-profit, federally chartered organization comprised of members who lost a son or daughter during a war or while in service to our country.
		In unison, the Gold Star Moms all solemnly shook their heads and said, "This is one club you never want to join." The price of membership is too dear.
		American Gold Star Mothers National President Dorothy Oxendine can often be found at the headquarters in Washington, D.C. She is also slated to ride with Rolling Thunder and attend ceremonies at Arlington Cemetery in observance of Memorial Day.
	zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=8070071&BRD=1776&PAG=461&...&rfi=6 (947 words)

	Mother of slain U.S. soldier denied membership in American Gold Star Mothers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		All mothers whose sons die in service to America receive the flag with the gold star that represents the fallen child.
		Changing the bylaws of the organization to include all mothers of fallen America soldiers, regardless of citizenship, is a matter of a vote by the board, possibly by the membership, and then changing the text of the bylaws appropriately.
		But in the event a woman's son or daughter dies a patriot, in the service of our country, she deserves to be an American Gold Star Mother, and deserves the support other mothers have derived from the organization.
	www.theromanceclub.com /goldmom.htm (1323 words)

	Gold Star Mothers Need Members; Group Helps Veterans, Families
		Wolcott is president of the American Gold Star Mothers who place American flags, roses and other flowers at the wall before sunrise on Gold Star Mothers Day, the last Sunday of September.
		For example, Gold Star Mothers help veterans file disability claims,they spend hundreds of hours at Veterans Affairs hospitals helping hospitalized veterans, and they help veterans and their families when they have problems.
		She pointed out that Gold Star Mothers Day is always the last Sunday of September, and the mothers hold their annual banquet the night before.
	www.diodon349.com /Vets_stuff/gold_star_mothers_need_members.htm (1092 words)

	Wives and Mothers Club
		After much discussion, about whether the wives should form their own club and the mothers of servicemen continue in the old organization, the women voted to continue the club, but to eliminate the wives of servicemen from the organization.
		The Wives and Mothers’ club had reorganized as the America War Mothers Club after the war and their meeting minutes to 1950 tell of their work for easing the suffering of the veterans in hospitals.
		The mothers who had sent their sons to foreign lands and supported each other during the long months and years of the war, continued to be friends to the end of their lives.
	www.evansvillehistory.net /wivesandmothersclub.htm (4976 words)

	Gold Star Mothers Bridge; shelby county ohio historical society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Members of the Gold Star Mothers unveil a new plaque that was placed at the site of the new Gold Star Mothers Bridge on County Road 25A at the south edge of Sidney.
		The Gold Star Mothers Bridge, once again spanning the Miami River south of Sidney on county road 25-A, will be rededicated at a public ceremony on Nov. 11, 1999.
		The new bridge and its predecessor honor members of the Gold Star Mothers organization, made up of mothers who have lost sons and daughters in the service of their country.
	www.shelbycountyhistory.org /schs/archives/landmarks/goldstarlandma.htm (384 words)

	Sgt Grit's Marine Forum - Slain Marine's Mom Rejected by Gold Star (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Gold Star Mothers of America, although chartered by Congress, is a private organization and as such, holds the right to include those whom they wish and refuse membership to those they don't.
		I thought that the Gold Star was simply an indicator that a person's son or daughter made the ultimate sacrifice while serving US Armed Forces.
		She may not be a member of the "Gold Star Mothers of America" a federaly chartered entity.
	www.grunt.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=48381 (4453 words)

	Gold Star Moms keep alive memories of fallen soldiers
		Moraga has and now she and 28 other women are keeping their mothers' organization moving as the Gold Star Mothers and Sisters of American Legion Post 41, Phoenix's first Hispanic American Legion post.
		The concept of giving gold stars to families of dead soldiers started in the early part of the 20th century with World War I. In 1928, a group of mothers organized themselves as the American Gold Star Mothers, a national organization set up to help veterans and unify mothers in their grief.
		After her mother's death, Santana has kept the title alive as a Gold Star sister.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/local/articles/0528goldstar28.html (864 words)

	Mothers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Gold Star Mothers Club During World War II in the United States, the Gold Star Mothers Club was formed to provide support for mothers that lost loved ones in the War.
		A gold star signified there was a death of a loved one, and a silver star was given to those that had loved ones enlist in the war.
		Mothers of Cuban political prisoners are appealing to the United Nations Human Rights Commission to help them obtain the release of their children.
	bonose.com /Mothers.html (630 words)

	Club Cobra - I think this stinks! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		These gold star siblings took it upon themselves to take on this undertaking forming an organization for their own.
		The term “gold star” is a term used to recognize a fallen servicemembers family member who has died in the line of service to their country.
		As protocol states, the Department of Defense presents to the family, a gold star lapel button, in accordance with each branch of the military’s protocol.
	www.clubcobra.com /t64816.html (1242 words)

	Gold Star Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The star was replaced (or covered) with a gold star (in practice, yellow or dark yellow) if the family member died in...
		American Gold Star Mothers was incorporated in Washington, DC and granted.
		The gold star flag is a variation on the blue star service flag that made its first appearance...
	www.gold.652great.info /gold-star-flag.html (795 words)

	Today Is Gold Star Mothers Day \| BostonNOW
		Mother comes into being every half day or so is heartbreaking and maddening.
		me the little gold star pin with the purple border too.
		Assualt On A 'Gold Star Father' - Sept 15th, Washington DC
	bostonnow.com /community/blogs/jimstaro/2007/09/30/today-is-gold-star-mothers-day (619 words)

	Corpus Christi Caller Times Caller.com - Gold Star Mothers recall sons
		Yanez will also join other Gold Star Mothers of the Port Ayers Women of the GI Forum on Sunday at their annual memorial Mass.
		The pain of losing a child can be intense, but the pride the Gold Star Women feel for their children's sacrifice can sometimes help ease the sting, Horn said.
		Maria Castanon, another Gold Star Mother, takes a small measure of comfort from the fact that her son, Alfredo, was killed serving his country rather than in a night club argument.
	www.caller2.com /2000/may/27/today/local_ne/1012.html (1026 words)

	The All Spin Zone / Gold Star Mothers - Update
		Right around Memorial Day, I was peeved that Gold Star Mothers, the U.S.-based organization of women who have lost children in war, was declining membership to non-U.S. citizen mothers of U.S. servicepersons killed in the line of duty.
		Today, Gold Star Mothers reversed course and allowed non-U.S. citizen mothers of deceased U.S. military personnel to become members of the club.
		Gold Star mothers had also written the white house asking that the mother be given citizenship, while they changed their charter, they got no response....
	www.allspinzone.com /blog/index.php?itemid=711 (258 words)

	Will American Gold Star Mothers get a clue? - MacNN Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Ligaya Lagman was denied acceptance by the organization of mothers who have lost sons and daughter in combat because she is not a U.S. citizen.
		The membership of American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. is composed of American Mothers who lost a son or daughter during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Beirut, Grenada, Panama, the Persian Gulf, Somalia, Bosnia, Saudi Arabia, all Strategic Areas, or while in service to our country.
		The 150 chapters of Gold Star Mothers throughout the United States give many hours of work and personal service in hospitals for the veterans, and to the veteran and his family.
	forums.macnn.com /showthread.php?t=258163 (3021 words)

	Gold Star Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		A gold star stitched over a blue star showed the nation those who had given their lives for their country and the devotion and pride of those left behind.
		UAE gold sales rose by 26% to $381m in the third quarter of this year, said the World Gold Council.
		Gold jewellery consumption hit 20.8 tonnes in Q3, from 18.4 tonnes a year ago.
	www.gold.652great.info /gold-star-family.html (862 words)

	New York Daily News - Boroughs - Hailing Gold Star moms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The "Gold Star" is a heartbreaking reference to the yellow emblem on the service flag flown in front of a home to signify a loved one has died at war.
		To honor and give comfort to such mothers in the New York area, a group of Eastchester veterans is spearheading a project to build a monument for Gold Star mothers in a neighborhood park.
		Foster and fellow co-chairman Ben Spadaro made headlines this year when they stood up for a Yonkers mother of a U.S. Army staff sergeant killed in Afghanistan after the mom was rejected from American Gold Star Mothers - a private Washington-based organization - because she wasn't a U.S. citizen.
	www.nydailynews.com /boroughs/story/348469p-297369c.html (366 words)

	The History of American Gold Star Mothers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		As this conflict progressed and the number of dead escalated, mothers wanted to express their loss, as well as the pride and honor they felt for their country.
		A suggestion of sewing a gold star over the blue star was made by The Women’s Committee of the Council of National Defense.
		Today, the club members carry out the goals of their charter by helping veterans and their dependants with VA claims, volunteering in VA Medical Centers, as well as working to preserve the memory of the deceased.
	www.library.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us /goldstar/history.htm (527 words)

	Chevelle Tech - Slain Marine's mother denied Gold Star membership because she's not a US Citizen
		Her 27-year-old son, Army Staff Sgt. Anthony Lagman, was killed last year in Afghanistan, but American Gold Star Mothers Inc., has rejected Lagman, a Filipino, for membership because — though a permanent resident and a taxpayer — she is not a U.S. citizen.
		Im not saying I agree with the rule, but it is a rule that a private club put into place and apparantly they care if she is a citizen.
		Apparently these "mother's" care more about a mother being a citizen, than that another child was lost serving our country, which I though was the reason for the group...
	www.chevelles.com /forums/showthread.php?p=624515 (2241 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Gold Star Mothers Need Members; Group Helps Veterans, Families
		For example, Gold Star Mothers help veterans file disability claims, they spend hundreds of hours at Veterans Affairs hospitals helping hospitalized veterans, and they help veterans and their families when they have problems.
		"Some mothers don't join because it surfaces the pain too much when they join an organization that constantly reminds them about what happened," said Wolcott, whose son, Army Cpl.
		Ann Y. Sherman Wolcott and former South Vietnamese army colonel Nguyem Kim Ban, who spent more than 17 years in a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp, place the annual yellow American Gold Star Mothers wreath at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Sept. 28 on Gold Star Mothers Day, the last Sunday of September.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Oct2003/n10082003_200310082.html (1059 words)

	Gold Star Junkies
		Students rewarded for good work—say, given candy or gold stars for a clever science project—are more likely to lose interest in the very activity for which they were rewarded.
		Yet, with the exception of two mothers who were threatening to sue over the assemblies—they saw them as a form of discrimination, pointing to the fact that boys and Latinos were invited to attend less frequently than girls and whites—everyone else regarded the rewards as "positive motivational reinforcement."
		They may all belong to the Sierra Club, but their obsession with success blinds them to the potential problems with rewards." Though most of the extrinsic motivation research has focused on kids and learning, it's clear that rewards and punishments influence teachers and teaching, as well.
	www.shearonforschools.com /gold_star_junkies.htm (4038 words)

	U.S. Newswire : Release : Cindy Sheehan, Gold Star Mothers, Win Without War Launch TV, Newspaper Ads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Cindy Sheehan and two Gold Star mothers will join former Congressman Tom Andrews, National Director of Win Without War, on Thursday to unveil two hard-hitting ads attacking The President's war in Iraq.
		Gold Star mothers Elaine Johnson and Lynn Bradach, whose sons were killed in Iraq, are featured in the new TV spot alongside Melanie House, a one-time supporter of the war, who's husband John House was killed when his helicopter was shot down.
		-- Lynn Bradach, Gold Star Mother from Portland, OR, whose son Travis Bradach-Nall, Marine Cpl., was killed July 2, 2003 by a land mine near Karbala, Iraq.
	releases.usnewswire.com /printing.asp?id=53716 (344 words)

	ePluribus Media Community \|\| Today Is Gold Star Mothers Day
		Originally Summer Lipford, Gold Star Mom, wanted this Memorial to be able to be displayed in North Carolina or South Carolina by anyone interested.
		Its founding member and President, Nadia McCaffrey, mother of Sergeant Patrick McCaffrey, wants to carry on the work her son would have pursued had his life not been curtailed so prematurely.
		Patrick, who did not expect to be deployed to Iraq, decided to honor the commitment he made to help people by going to Iraq as a leader and Combat Life Saver, bringing healing and love to his fellow soldiers and the Iraqi children.
	scoop.epluribusmedia.org /story/2007/9/30/7320/29055 (1017 words)

	BE PLACED ON PLAQUE
		Zeb Cuthbertson will be hostess to the Union County Gold Star Mothers' club on Tuesday April 10th, at 2:30 at her home on Pageland road, one mile below Hilltop.
		A special invitation is extended to every Gold Star Mother of the county to attend, and those desiring transportation are requested to be at Gamble's Drug Store or the Secrest Drug Co.
		The club has erected an electric cross on the courthouse to the memory of the Veterans of world War II who made the supreme sacrifice.
	history.union.lib.nc.us /GoldStarMothers/plaque.htm (232 words)

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		She was a member of Salem Heights Garden Club, Gold Star Mothers Club, and the Geological Gem Society.
		Vickers was a Gold Star mother and member of the Assembly of God church.
		Vroom was a mother of four children, three of whom have gone before.
	www.oregonpioneers.com /marion/Lee_V.html (2439 words)

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