Blue & Gold Star Memorials
The Blue Star Program honors all men and women that serve in the United States Armed Services.
This program began with the planting of 8,000 Dogwood trees by the New Jersey Council of Garden Clubs in 1944 as a living memorial to veterans of World War II.
In 1945, the National Council of State Garden Clubs (now NGC, Inc.) adopted this program and began a Blue Star Highway system that covers thousands of miles across the Continental United States, Alaska, and Hawaii.
Blue Star Memorial Highway Markers were placed along the way. The Blue Star was adopted because it had become an icon in World War II and was seen on flags and banners in homes for sons and daughters away at war as well as in churches and businesses.
Gold Star Families is a non-profit organization created to provide support to those who have lost a loved one in service to our country through the United States Armed Forces.
Their mission is to offer honor, hope and healing through remembering fallen heroes by coming together.
The name Gold Star came from the custom of families of service members hanging a banner called a service flag in the window of their homes.
The service flag had a star for each family member in the United States Armed Forces.
Blue Stars represented living service members while a Gold Star represented those who had lost their lives. NGC clubs work with Gold Star Families to honor our fallen heroes with
The Blue and Gold Star Memorials Program began in 1944 as a living memorial. The New Jersey Council of Garden Clubs planted 8,000 Dogwood trees as a “living tribute” to those who served during World War II. The next year, the National Council of State Garden Clubs adopted what is now the Blue Star Highway system, covering thousands of miles across the Continental United States, Hawaii, and Alaska.
These specially designated highways and by-ways are marked with a large metal Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker. Today, the program, according to gardenclub.org, “encompasses all men and women who had served, were serving or would serve in the United States Armed Services.”
To honor the local Veterans of all military engagements and their Families, the Boynton Beach Garden Club will attend an Observance at the Tom Kaiser Memorial Park on November 11, 2022.
There are Garden Clubs throughout South Florida-
BOYNTON BEACH GARDEN CLUB – FL
OCEAN RIDGE GARDEN CLUB – FL
WELLINGTON GARDEN CLUB – FL
BOCA RATON GARDEN CLUB – FL
WEST PALM BEACH GARDEN CLUB – FL
OLEANDER GARDEN CLUB OF PALM BEACHES – FL
GARDEN CLUB OF LIGHTHOUSE POINT – FL
POMPANO BEACH GARDEN CLUB – FL
LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA GARDEN CLUB – FL
CORAL SPRINGS GARDEN CLUB – FL
JUPITER / TEQUESTA GARDEN CLUB – FL
FORT LAUDERDALE GARDEN CLUB – FL
PALM BEACH GARDENS GARDEN CLUB – FL
HOLLYWOOD GARDEN CLUB – FL
Please click the link to learn more: https://www.gardenclub.org
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