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Blue Star Memorial By-Way Marker

Blue
Star Memorial By-Way Marker



Dedication
Ceremony



Hosted By Santa
Rosa Memorial Park and Sponsored by Santa Rosa Garden Club

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10 a.m.
Saturday June 14, 2014



Santa Rosa Memorial Park, 1900 Franklin Avenue, Santa Rosa,
CA 95404

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Sonoma
County will dedicate a Blue Star By-Way Marker to honor service men and women
on Flag Day. The event takes place 10 a.m. June 14 at Santa Rosa Memorial Park,
1900 Franklin Avenue in Santa Rosa.



This
local tribute to the Armed Forces of America is part of the Blue Star Memorial program.
It began in 1944 with the planting of 8,000 Dogwood trees by the New Jersey
Council of Garden Club as a living memorial to veterans of World War II. By 1945,
the National Council of State Garden Clubs had adopted the program and began a
Blue Star Highway system that today covers thousands of miles across the
Continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii.



A
large metal Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker is placed at appropriate
locations along the way, including cemeteries, parks, and veteran’s facilities.
The Blue Star image itself became an icon in World War II. It appeared on flags
and banners in homes for sons and daughters away at war, as well as in churches
and businesses.



This event is sponsored by Santa Rosa Garden Club,
a member of California Garden Clubs, Inc. & National Garden Clubs, Inc. and
is hosted by Santa Rosa Memorial Park.



“It is a privilege to be able to host this tribute. The
By-Way Marker will be right at home alongside our POW/MIA memorial and 5 Gold
Star Bench,’ said Laura Neisius, the cemetery’s general manager.



For
more information: 707-542-1580/707-484-6199.




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