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American Gold Star Mothers : a history, 1928-2010
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- Creator
- Holly S. Fenelon
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- Doylestown, PA : Platform Press : Winans Kuenstler Pub., [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- 396 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780982411766, 0982411766
- OCLC
- ocn797968707
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The World War and the Gold Star -- The post-war period : shaping the memory of the war -- Creating the American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. -- The Gold Star Mothers of the Great War -- The Gold Star pilgrimage -- The 1930s, rembrance, respect, recognition -- The 1940s, growth, recognition, and discord -- The 1950s, dissension and challenges -- The Memorial National Home Foundation -- The Vietnam decades, 1960-1979 -- AGSM challenged, 1980-1999 -- 2000 and beyond, new wars and an evolving organization -- Appendix A: Presidents and conventions -- Appendix B: Photos of National Presidents -- Appendix C: Gold Star poetry and clippings