Quite simply, “Gold Star families are the families of military service members who have died in the line of duty,” according to the U.S. Department of Defense. Immediate family members include ...

Becoming a Gold Star Mother is a profound and bittersweet distinction that no mother deserves or wants, yet many carry the distinction with a sense of pride and honor. It signifies that a mother ...

U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz honored Gold Star Spouses with a recognition ceremony and bench dedication April 2, ...

It gives us a clinical idea of how the Gold Star will perform in the real world but misses out the emotive stuff, like how it will feel sauntering between leafy hedgerows on a sunny Sunday.