Blue Star Memorial Highway

Columbia County, GA

Blue Star Memorial Highways date to 1945, when garden clubs began planting trees and setting markers along American roads to honor the men and women of the armed forces. The name echoes the blue star service flags that families hung in their windows during World War II, each star standing for a loved one in uniform. The National Council of State Garden Clubs carried the idea across the country, and local clubs like Willow Wood have tended these roadside tributes ever since.

Louisville, GA

The Blue Star Memorial program was launched in 1945 by the National Garden Clubs, who planted trees and set markers along American highways to honor the men and women who served in World War II. The blue star itself came from the service flags families hung in their windows, a single blue star for each loved one away in uniform. This Georgia marker, placed by the Garden Club of Georgia with the state highway department, extends that living tribute across the roads of Jefferson County.

Toombs County, GA

The Blue Star Memorial was created in 1945 by the National Garden Clubs to honor those who served in World War II, its blue star taken from the service flags families displayed for loved ones in uniform. In Toombs County this marker was set by the Garden Club of Georgia with the state highway department, the county commissioners, and the Lyons Garden Club. It is one of the markers that names World War II directly.

Greenville, SC

This memorial in Greenville honors Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, who guided the nation through its two greatest twentieth-century trials: the Great Depression and the Second World War. Elected to an unprecedented four terms, Roosevelt dramatically expanded the role of the federal government before dying in office at Warm Springs, Georgia, on April 12, 1945 — just months before the war's end. His long tenure reshaped the American presidency and the country's sense of what government could do.