Blue Star Memorial By-way sponsored by Magnolia Garden Club

Moultrie, GA

The Blue Star Memorial tradition began in 1945, when garden clubs planted flowering trees along a New Jersey highway to honor World War II troops, then broadened to commemorate all branches of the armed forces. In Moultrie, the Garden Club of Georgia joined the Cherokee and Magnolia Garden Clubs and the state Department of Transportation to raise this marker. The blue star at its center recalls the service flags hung in homes across the country during the war years.

Cook County, GA

Named for the blue-star service flags of the World War II home front, Blue Star Memorial Highways were dedicated by garden clubs beginning in 1945 as living tributes to the armed forces. The program expanded through partnerships with state highway departments, marking roads across the nation. This Cook County marker was placed with the State Road Department of Georgia and the Primrose Garden Club of Tifton.

Cook County, GA

The Blue Star Memorial Highway program began in 1945, when New Jersey garden clubs planted a ribbon of dogwoods to honor World War II servicemen and drew on the blue-star flags families displayed for those in uniform. The National Garden Clubs soon spread the idea nationwide, marking scenic routes as tributes to all who have served. This marker in Cook County was sponsored by the Garden Club of Georgia with the Adel Garden Club.

Tifton, GA

The Blue Star Memorial program grew from a 1945 garden-club effort in New Jersey to honor the armed forces with flowering highways, its emblem taken from the blue-star service flags of World War II. The National Garden Clubs spread it across the country, and in Tifton the Council of Garden Clubs and the Camellia District set this marker as a lasting tribute to all who have defended the United States.