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The Luminary Initiative is in honor of Gold Star Mothers and families on Gold Star Mothers Day, the last Sunday in September each year.  We encourage churches, communities, scouts, and military organizations to get involved! The Luminary Initiative rack card does not ask for donations nor does it credit MarineParents.com. This is for YOU to use to raise awareness and get your community organizations involved.

For more information, see www.GoldStarMothersDay.com (link opens in a new window). Gold Star Family Support is an outreach program of MarineParents.com, Inc.  For more information about the Luminary Initiative and to what other communities have done in past years, visit www.LuminaryInitiative.com.  To talk about this and see what others have done in the past visit www.MarineFamilyNetwork.com/group/luminary-initiative.com

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On Gold Star Family Day, we come together to honor those who have lost a loved one serving in the U.S. military by lighting a luminary on the last Sunday in September.

Throughout America’s history, from the Revolutionary War to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, families have seen their loved ones heed the call of duty, and with that duty comes the ultimate burden that these families must bear.  Lighting a luminary on Gold Star Family Day lets them know they don’t stand alone.

In communities large and small, organizations and individuals honor these families, from citywide events to a single luminary at the end of a driveway. Community service clubs, church groups and military organizations all participate—and they all need leaders; someone who will coordinate the day’s activities and send out the call to action. 

Is that someone you?

Gold Star Mother’s Day was designated by a joint Congressional resolution in 1936 and has evolved in recent years to be known as Gold Star Family Day. Each year since, the day has been observed by presidential proclamation, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Barack Obama.

Gold Star Family Day is on the last Sunday of September each year.

For more information, go to www.LuminaryInitiative.com

We appreciate you spreading the word about Gold Star Mother's Day and the Luminary Initiative. We hope you will take action in your community to hold an event in memory of our fallen heroes and in honor of their mothers.