Every year the fourth Sunday of September honors mothers whose sons or daughters died in the line of duty. The name references the single gold star on service flags displayed in the windows of homes that have lost a son or daughter to war.
On Friday, September 25, the Army will conduct a Gold Star Mothers ceremony in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes. On Sunday, September 27, Gold Star Mothers and service representatives will lay wreaths at the Vietnam War Memorial and at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Survivor Outreach Services to Gold Star Mothers delivers a coordinated, comprehensive and standardized program across the force that meets survivors' needs with dedicated resources. Benefit coordinators, financial counselors and support coordinators address survivors' immediate and long-term needs, including long-term support throughout the grief process, support groups, information and referral services and coordinate child care.
Army mothers have shown the same determination and resiliency as Army personnel in tolerating deployments and the tragedy that war brings to some Families. The Army commemorates Gold Star Mother's Day because mothers across the nation have supported the Army; now, through this recognition and through survivor outreach programs, the Army supports them.
The Army thanks and honors the parents of Soldiers- especially Gold Star Mothers- for supporting their children's call to serve and for their sacrifice. A grateful nation remembers.
More: http://www.army.mil/-images/2009/09/25/51554/index.html
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