Blue Star Memorial Highway A tribute to the Armed
Cleburne County, Cleburne County, Alabama
Marker Inscription
Blue Star Memorial Highway A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America sponsored by District II Garden Club of Alabama, Inc. in cooperation with Alabama Highway Department
Erected by National Garden Clubs, Inc.
The Story
The Blue Star Memorial Highway program began in 1945 and spread nationwide, honoring armed-forces members with markers drawn from the blue-star service flags of wartime homes. This Cleburne County, Alabama marker was placed by District II of the Garden Club of Alabama with the state highway department. It ties a rural Alabama highway into the national chain of tributes.
Why it matters
It reflects the way American communities, working through garden clubs and highway departments, made honoring service a permanent part of the landscape.
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