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Gold Star Mothers  

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  • The term Gold Star Mothers refers to mothers who have had a child die in military service in time of war. The gold star comes from a service flag displayed by families of American service personnel to show the family had had a child in the Armed Forces of the United States. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Gold Star Mothers]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-CBDMXH3M-6

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