The "Gold Star Mother" may be referring to World War II, but I'm not sure. Many families hung a blue flag in the window if they had a child serving and a gold flag in a child was killed in the war. Mike h -----Original Message----- From: INTERNET:WIPIERCE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 2:18 AM To: INTERNET:WIPIERCE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WIPierce] Bay City Gravestone markings Posted on: Pierce Co. Wi Queries Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/Pierce?read=36 Surname: Harding, Tyler ------------------------- First, a big thank you to the people who posted the grave markings for the Bay City Cemetery, Pierce County. My question concerns some emblems on the stones of Juliette Dot Harding, Martha Griffin Tyler, and Juliette Amantha Tyler. Two of them have an "RNA" emblem, and one is marked "Gold Star Mother." What do these mean? Thanks, Susan Harding ============================== The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ ----------------------- Internet Header -------------------------------- Sender: WIPIERCE-L-request@rootsweb.com Received: from lists3.rootsweb.com (lists3.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.39]) by sphmgaad.compuserve.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SUN-1.9) with ESMTP id CAA28391 for <101700.2043@compuserve.com>; Wed, 12 Jul 2000 02:18:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists3.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e6C6Hfn25803; Tue, 11 Jul 2000 23:17:41 -0700 Resent-Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 23:17:41 -0700 X-Original-Sender: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com Tue Jul 11 23:17:31 2000 Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 22:19:26 -0700 Message-Id: <200007120519.e6C5JQC13279@cgi.rootsweb.com> Old-To: WIPIERCE-L@rootsweb.com From: Susan Harding <smaileh@applink.net> Sender: smaileh@applink.net Subject: [WIPierce] Bay City Gravestone markings Resent-Message-ID: <My9zAB.A.ESG.D2Ab5@lists3.rootsweb.com> To: WIPIERCE-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: WIPIERCE-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <WIPIERCE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/67 X-Loop: WIPIERCE-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: WIPIERCE-L-request@rootsweb.com