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Bookmark or Share- American Gold Star MothersAmerican Gold Star Mothers, Inc. headquarters is located at: 2128 Leroy Place, NW, Washington, DC 20008 A pleasant residential street with embassies and consulates nearby. Our neighbors are friendly and watch the house when we are not there. Headquarters was purchased in April 1954 for $25,000 during the presidency of Elise C. Nielsen.
- Gold Star Mother: Mothers of World War I Servicemen - HistoryNetGold Star Mothers and Their Sons. 6,693 Gold Star Mothers traveled to Europe between 1930 and 1933 to visit the graves of U.S. servicemen who died in World War I. 168 of the Gold Star Mothers were black and had to travel on segregated ships.
- America’s Gold Star Families | Gold Star HistoryIn 1995, President Barack Obama amended “Gold Star Mother’s Day” to include families and designated it as "Gold Star Mother’s and Family Day’ which is celebrated on the last Sunday in September. Click on the Upcoming Events tab to see the designated date for the current year.
- Gold Star Mothers - WikipediaGold Star mothers are women entitled to display a gold star on a service flag as the mother, stepmother, adoptive mother or foster mother of a United States Armed Forces member that died while engaged in action against an enemy recognized by the Secretary of Defense.
- American Gold Star Mothers - WikipediaAmerican Gold Star Mothers, Inc. (AGSM), is a private nonprofit organization of American mothers who lost sons or daughters in service of the United States Armed Forces. It was originally formed in 1928 for mothers of those lost in World War I , and it holds a congressional charter under Title 36 § 211 of the United States Code . [3]
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