Blue Star Memorial A tribute to the Armed Forces
Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia
Marker Inscription
Blue Star Memorial A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America sponsored by The Federated Garden Clubs of Dublin in cooperation with The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.
Erected by Garden Club of Georgia
The Story
Blue Star Memorials trace to 1945, when garden clubs lined a New Jersey highway with blue-star dogwoods for World War II troops, later broadening to salute the entire armed forces. In Dublin, the Federated Garden Clubs of Dublin worked with the Garden Club of Georgia to place this marker. The blue star recalls the service flags families once displayed for relatives in uniform.
Why it matters
These markers show how garden clubs across America built an enduring, coast-to-coast landscape of gratitude for military service.
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