Gold Star Memorial By-Way Marker UnveilingGold Star Memorial By-Way Marker Unveiling The Boone County Garden Club and the community are invited to honor military personnel who have lost their lives in service at a Gold Star Memorial By-Way Marker unveiling ceremony. Event Details: * Date: July 29 * Time: 3:30 p.m. * Location: Historic Courthouse, 2988 Washington Street, Burlington The marker, donated by the Garden Club, will serve as a permanent memorial and place of reflection for Gold Star families. It is the first of its kind in Northern Kentucky. The Garden Club also maintains a Blue Star By-Way Memorial Marker at the I-75 South Rest Area at Exit 176. These markers are part of the National Garden Clubs, Inc. initiative to honor and remember those who serve and have served in the armed forces.
The Boone County Garden Club invites all Gold Star families, veterans and the community at large to a special ceremony to honor those military personnel who have lost their lives while serving our country through the United States Armed Forces.
A ceremony is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on July 29 to unveil a Gold Star Memorial By-Way Marker on the grounds of the historic courthouse, located at 2988 Washington Street in Burlington.
“We thank Boone County for allowing us to permanently place the marker at this historic site,” said Kate King, president of the Boone County Garden Club. “We wanted to create a beautiful place of rest, reflection and remembrance for the families of the fallen. This marker is a reminder of the ultimate sacrifice these servicemen made.”
The marker and surrounding plantings were purchased by the Boone County Garden Club. The marker was installed by Boone County Property Maintenance.
This will be the first Gold Star By-Way Memorial Highway Marker in Northern Kentucky. The Boone County Garden Club previously placed a Blue Star By-Way Memorial Marker honoring the men and women who have served, are serving, or will serve in the United States Armed Forces at the I-75 South Rest Area at Exit 176. Only garden clubs affiliated with the National Garden Clubs, Inc., are permitted to place Gold or Blue Star Memorial Markers.
The Blue Star Memorial Program was started in 1945 by the National Garden Clubs, Inc. who decided that rather than build stone monuments, it would be better to beautify and preserve the land that these men and women had fought for. The Gold Star Markers were later added to the program at the request of Gold Star Families, a 501(c)(3) organization.
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