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Based on the star symbols used on the service flag, the term "Blue Star" has come into use in the United States as a reference to having a family member in active military service, while the term "Gold Star" has come to refer to the loss of a family member in military service. For example, the mother
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A service flag approved by the Secretary of Defense may be displayed in a window of the place of residence of individuals who are members of the immediate family of an individual serving in the Armed Forces of the United States during any period of war or hostilities in which the Armed Forces of the
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The use of the terms has sometimes been restricted to refer to service during specific armed conflicts. For example, the service banner originally applied only to World War I, and it was later expanded to include service in World War II, then the Korean War, then other specific conflicts, and then
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is an organization attempting to encourage the U.S. Congress to make the Silver Star Service Banner official for those wounded or injured in a war zone. Forty-nine states, Guam, Saipan, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Chickasaw Nation and over 2,700 cities and counties have issued proclamations in
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can display. The flag or banner is officially defined as a white field with a red border, with a blue star for each family member serving in the Armed Forces of the United States during any period of war or hostilities. A gold star (with a blue edge) represents a family member who died during
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military operations, including those who died during World War I, World War II, or any subsequent period of armed hostilities in which the United States was engaged before July 1, 1958, and those who lost or lose their lives after June 30, 1958:
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was written, which means "From here came an Expeditionary". Although the design differs from the U.S. banners, the mothers of the Brazilian soldiers also received a pin prominently featuring a blue star similar to U.S. pins.
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passed House Resolution 855, a stand-alone resolution recognizing the Silver Star Service Banner and making May 1 Silver Star Service Banner Day. One state, Missouri, took steps to make such recognition a state law.
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of a person who died in service is referred to as a "Gold Star mother", and the wife of an active service member is referred to as a "Blue Star wife". Charitable support organizations have been established for
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In Missouri and in more than 2,700 cities and counties, government officials have declared May 1 as a day to recognize service men and women injured, ill or dying from service in a war zone.
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A lesser-known practice of using a silver star to indicate a service member that has been disabled is sometimes also followed, although this practice is not recognized in federal law.
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Blue and gold are the only colors specified for use, but silver stars are increasingly in use to represent those discharged from service because of wounds or being invalided home.
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military operations while serving outside the United States (including the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States) as part of a peacekeeping force.
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an international terrorist attack against the United States or a foreign nation friendly to the United States, recognized as such an attack by the Secretary of Defense; or
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have adopted this service flag. The world should know of those who give so much for liberty. The dearest thing in all the world to a father and mother—their children.
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also makes a distinction about the manner and place of death, but some other organizations do not. The Gold Star term is also sometimes interpreted to apply to those
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while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict in which the United States is not a belligerent party against an opposing armed force;
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These flags were first used in World War I, with subsequent standardization and codification by the end of World War II. They were not popular during the
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Manufacture of these flags is only allowed by specific government license in the territories under U.S. jurisdiction. The same section of the
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proclaimed the observance as Gold Star Mother's and Families' Day. Since 2011 it has been proclaimed as Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day.
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On the last Sunday in September, Gold Star Mother's Day is observed in the U.S. in honor of Gold Star mothers, as established in
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The United Service Flag Company in Cleveland, Ohio ran an advertisement in the October 1917 issue of
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and those who did not die during active service but died later as a result of an in-service injury.
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support of the Silver Star Banner and of Silver Star Service Banner Day on May 1 of every year.
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adopted the concepts of the U.S. service banner by giving posters to the family members of the
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while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or
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Banner that family members of those serving in the United States Armed Forces can display
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The individuals entitled to display the service flag are officially defined in
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The banner was designed in 1917 by U.S. Army Captain Robert L. Queisser of the
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or those who lost or lose their lives after March 28, 1973, as a result of:
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while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States;
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for motor vehicles owned by members of Gold Star families.
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Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management Policy)
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The U.S. Code also discusses the wearing of lapel pins.
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heads of currently or formerly sovereign royal families
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for motor vehicles owned by Gold Star family members.
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that limits manufacture of the banner also mentions
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is the accepted criterion for official distinctions
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