Blue Star Memorial Highway

Columbia County, GA

This monument honors the men and women of Columbia County, Georgia, who answered their nation's call to arms and gave their lives in service. Its inscription reaches across every conflict in which the county's sons and daughters have fought rather than singling out one war. Community war memorials like this one anchor national sacrifice in the places soldiers called home.

Wrens, GA

Named for the blue-star service flags of World War II, Blue Star Memorial Highways were begun by garden clubs in 1945 as tributes to the armed forces. The program grew nationwide in cooperation with state highway departments. This marker in Wrens was placed by the Garden Club of Georgia with the Georgia State Highway Department and the Wrens Garden Club.

Lincolnton, GA

The Blue Star Memorial began in 1945 as garden clubs across the country marked highways to honor the armed forces, taking their symbol from the blue-star flags families displayed for loved ones in service. In Lincolnton, the Pine Needle Garden Club set this marker with the Garden Club of Georgia to carry that tribute into Lincoln County. The dedication reaches beyond any single conflict to all who have defended the nation.

Crawfordville, GA

The Blue Star Memorial idea was born in 1945 from New Jersey garden clubs who honored service members by planting flowering trees along a highway, the blue star recalling the banners families hung in their windows during World War II. Adopted by the National Garden Clubs, the program reached small towns like Crawfordville, where the Sharon-Raytown Garden Club and American Legion Roy Dozier Post 8 placed this tribute to all who have defended the nation.