Battles, service, and the memorials a country builds to remember them.
5,438 markers in this collection, across every conflict below — showing 601–660.
Thomaston, GA
The Blue Star Memorial program began in 1945 as a garden-club tribute to the armed forces, its emblem drawn from the blue-star service flags of World War II and carried nationwide by the National Garden Clubs. In Thomaston, the Green Thumb Garden Club placed this marker to honor all who have served in defense of the United States.
Jesup, GA
Blue Star Memorials began in 1945, when garden clubs honored service members with flowering highways, the blue star recalling the banners hung in American windows during World War II. In Jesup, the Garden Club of Georgia with the Oleander District and the Dogwood, Jesup, and Ruby Riggins garden clubs placed this marker as a tribute to all who have defended the nation.
Helen, GA
The Blue Star Memorial program grew from a 1945 garden-club tribute to the armed forces, its blue star taken from the service flags of World War II and spread nationwide by the National Garden Clubs. In the alpine-themed town of Helen, the Soque Garden Club and the City of Helen placed this marker to honor all who have served in defense of the United States.
Boothbay Harbor, ME
This Blue Star Memorial pays tribute to the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces. The Blue Star program began in 1945, when garden clubs planted memorial highways honoring the service members of World War II; it takes its name from the blue-star service flags families hung in their windows for loved ones in uniform. The tributes later broadened to salute those who have served in all of America's wars.
Lynden, WA
Blue Star Memorials began during World War II, when garden clubs planted trees and set markers along American highways to honor the men and women serving in the armed forces — the blue star echoing the service flags that hung in family windows. The program, carried on by the National Garden Clubs, spread across the country as a tribute to all who serve. This byway marker, placed by the Lynden Garden Club, continues that tradition.
Macon, GA
This is a Blue Star Memorial, part of a nationwide program begun by the National Garden Clubs in 1945 to honor the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces. What started as a highway beautification effort planted with dogwoods after World War II grew into thousands of these markers along roads, in parks, and at veterans' sites across the country. The blue star itself echoes the service flags that families hung in their windows for loved ones in uniform.
Mesa, AZ
This Blue Star Memorial in Mesa, Arizona, honors the men and women of the U.S. armed forces. The Blue Star program began during World War II, inspired by the blue-star service flags families hung for loved ones in uniform, and grew into a nationwide network of markers along highways and in gardens. Each one pays tribute to military service across all eras.
Williamsburg, VA
Blue Star Memorials began during World War II, when the National Garden Clubs adopted the blue star—taken from the service flags families hung in their windows for loved ones in uniform—as a symbol of remembrance. The program grew into a nationwide network of markers honoring all branches of the Armed Forces, often planted along highways and in public gardens. This dedication in Colonial Williamsburg, sponsored by the area's garden clubs in 2016, carries that mid-century tradition into the present in a city already steeped in the nation's founding history.
Meade County, SD
Since 1945, garden clubs have raised Blue Star Memorials—named for the service banners of World War II—to honor the nation's armed forces. This marker, sponsored by the Evergreen Garden Club of Hill City with the National Council of State Garden Clubs and the South Dakota Federation, stands in the Black Hills country of Meade County. It pays tribute to all who have defended the United States.
Marion, IN
The Blue Star Memorial began in 1945 as a garden-club tribute to World War II servicemembers, its emblem taken from the service flags families displayed at home. This Marion marker was sponsored by the Garden Club of Marion in cooperation with a local Veterans of Foreign Wars post. It honors the armed forces that have defended the United States.
Milpitas, CA
The Blue Star Memorial grew from a 1945 New Jersey garden-club project honoring World War II servicemembers into a nationwide roadside tribute, its blue star drawn from the service banners of the home front. This Milpitas marker, sponsored by the Green Thumb Garden Club with the local Veterans Association and the city, honors the armed forces that have defended the United States. Such markers now dot highways in every state.
San Diego, CA
Since 1945 the Blue Star Memorial—named for the service flags of World War II—has honored the nation's armed forces through garden-club markers along roads and at public sites. This San Diego marker, sponsored by the Palomar District of California Garden Clubs, stands with Miramar National Cemetery, a resting place for veterans and their families. It pays tribute to all who have defended the United States.
Houston County, GA
Since 1945 garden clubs have raised Blue Star Memorials—named for the service flags of World War II—to honor the nation's armed forces along its roads and public places. This Houston County marker, sponsored by the Camellia District of The Garden Club of Georgia, stands with the Museum of Aviation at Robins Air Force Base. Together they honor those who have defended the United States.
Saint Louis, MO
The Blue Star Memorial program started in 1945 with garden clubs planting trees along a New Jersey highway to honor those who served in World War II, and its blue-star emblem comes from the service flags of the era. This 2011 marker stands with St. Louis's Soldiers Memorial, a monument the city dedicated between the world wars to its war dead. Sponsored by the East Central District Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, it pays tribute to the armed forces that have defended the country.
Sandersville, GA
Blue Star Memorial markers trace to 1945, when New Jersey garden clubs lined a highway with blue-star dogwoods to honor service members of World War II; the program soon grew into a nationwide network of roadside tributes to all who have served. This marker in Sandersville was placed by the Town and Country Garden Club with the Garden Club of Georgia and the state Department of Transportation, continuing a tradition that ties quiet local landscaping to a national gesture of gratitude. The blue star itself echoes the service flags families hung in their windows for loved ones in uniform.
Metter, GA
The Blue Star Memorial program began in 1945 as a living tribute—rows of flowering dogwoods honoring World War II troops—and expanded to salute members of all the armed forces. Sponsored here by the Metter Garden Club with the Garden Club of Georgia's Oleander District and Candler County, this marker carries a national tradition into a small Georgia community. The blue star recalls the service banners that once hung in the windows of homes with family in uniform.
Cherokee County, GA
Born in New Jersey in 1945 as a highway planting of blue-star dogwoods for World War II service members, the Blue Star Memorial grew into a national program honoring everyone who has worn the uniform. This Cherokee County marker was placed by the county's Garden Club Council within the Garden Club of Georgia's Laurel District. Its name borrows the blue star of the service flags families displayed during wartime.
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.
DeKalb County, GA
The Blue Star Memorial program grew from a 1945 New Jersey highway planting honoring World War II troops into a coast-to-coast tribute to every branch of the armed forces. Here in DeKalb County, the county Federation of Garden Clubs worked with the Redbud District and the Garden Club of Georgia to place the marker. Its blue star recalls the service flags hung in the windows of homes with loved ones at war.
Albany, GA
First planted in 1945 as flowering dogwoods honoring World War II service members, Blue Star Memorials became a national program saluting all who have served in the armed forces. In Albany, the Federated Garden Clubs' Magnolia District joined the Garden Club of Georgia and the National Garden Clubs to dedicate this marker. The blue star at its heart borrows the emblem of the wartime service flag.
Forsyth, GA
The Blue Star Memorial began in 1945 with a New Jersey highway lined in blue-star dogwoods for World War II troops and grew into a nationwide tribute to all branches of the armed forces. In Forsyth, the Town and Country Garden Club partnered with American Legion Post #34 to place this marker, joining civic and veterans' groups in a shared act of thanks. The blue star recalls the service banners once displayed in the windows of military families.
Blakely, GA
Blue Star Memorials trace to 1945, when garden clubs planted flowering trees along a New Jersey highway to honor World War II service members, later broadening to salute the entire armed forces. In Blakely, the Garden Club of Georgia joined its Magnolia District and the Blakely Garden Club to raise this marker. The blue star echoes the service flags families hung for relatives in uniform.
Springfield, GA
The Blue Star Memorial program began in 1945 as a living tribute of dogwoods honoring World War II troops and expanded into a nationwide salute to all who have served. Sponsored in Springfield by the Garden Club of Georgia's Oleander District and the Springfield Garden Club, this marker carries that tradition into Effingham County. Its blue star recalls the emblem of the wartime service flag displayed by military families.
Rome, GA
Blue Star Memorials date to 1945, when New Jersey garden clubs lined a highway with blue-star dogwoods for World War II service members; the tradition spread nationwide to honor all branches of the armed forces. In Rome, the Mountain View Garden Club of the Laurel District joined the City of Rome and the Garden Club of Georgia to place this marker. The blue star borrows the emblem of the service flags hung in wartime homes.
Calhoun, GA
Beginning in 1945 as a highway planting honoring World War II troops, the Blue Star Memorial grew into a national program saluting everyone who has served in the armed forces. In Calhoun, the Hillhouse Garden Club of the Laurel District worked with the Garden Club of Georgia to dedicate this marker. The blue star recalls the service banners families once displayed for loved ones in uniform.
Lilburn, GA
The Blue Star Memorial tradition began in 1945 with blue-star dogwoods planted along a New Jersey highway for World War II service members and became a nationwide tribute to all who have served. In Lilburn, the Ladybugs Garden Club joined the Redbud District and the Garden Club of Georgia to raise this marker. Its blue star echoes the emblem of the wartime service flag.
Clarkesville, GA
Blue Star Memorials trace to 1945, when garden clubs lined a New Jersey highway with flowering dogwoods to honor World War II troops, later broadening to salute the whole of the armed forces. In Clarkesville, the Garden Club of Georgia and the Clarkesville Garden Club placed this marker with local support. The blue star recalls the service flags hung in the windows of homes with family in uniform.
Oakwood, GA
The Blue Star Memorial began in 1945 as a living tribute of dogwoods for World War II service members and grew into a national salute to every branch of the armed forces. In Oakwood, the Gateway Garden Club of the Laurel District and the Gainesville Garden Club Council worked with the Garden Club of Georgia and the state Department of Transportation to place this marker. Its blue star borrows the emblem of the wartime service flag.
Gray, GA
Blue Star Memorials date to 1945, when New Jersey garden clubs planted blue-star dogwoods along a highway to honor World War II troops; the program spread nationwide to honor all who have served. In Gray, the Gray Garden Club joined a local Better Hometown group, a chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Garden Club of Georgia to place this marker. The blue star recalls the service banners families displayed during wartime.
Dublin, GA
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.
Eatonton, GA
Blue Star Memorials date to 1945, when garden clubs planted flowering dogwoods along a New Jersey highway to honor World War II troops; the idea spread nationwide as a salute to every branch of the armed forces. In Eatonton, the Town & Country Garden Club worked with the Garden Club of Georgia and Putnam County to place this marker. The blue star recalls the service banners hung in the windows of military families.
Live Oak, FL
Begun in 1945 by the National Garden Clubs, the Blue Star Memorial program honors the armed forces that have defended the United States. The blue star recalls the service flags families displayed during World War II for each relative in uniform. Sponsored by the Live Oak Garden Club and the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, this marker brings that tribute to north Florida's Suwannee County.
San Bruno, CA
The Blue Star Memorial program began in 1945 to honor the armed forces that have defended the United States, its name drawn from the blue-star service flags of World War II. This marker, sponsored by the Garden Club of the Peninsula, stands in cooperation with Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, where thousands of the nation's war dead are buried. Its placement joins a garden-club tribute to a solemn field of military graves.
Tremont, MS
Blue Star Memorials trace back to 1945, when garden clubs began marking highways to honor the men and women of the armed forces, borrowing the blue star from the service flags of the two World Wars. This marker in Tremont, Mississippi, was placed by the Edelweiss Garden Club in cooperation with the state Department of Transportation. Together such markers form a coast-to-coast chain of remembrance maintained by volunteers.
Fort Gaines, GA
Blue Star Memorials began in 1945 as a garden-club tribute to returning World War II service members, named for the service flags whose blue star stood for a family member at war. This marker in Fort Gaines, Georgia was placed by the Fort Gaines Home and Garden Club, organized in 1933, in cooperation with the Garden Club of Georgia. It ties a small Chattahoochee River town into a national tradition of remembrance.
Thomasville, GA
Blue Star Memorials date to 1945, when garden clubs began honoring armed-forces members along American highways, naming the tribute for the blue-star service flags of wartime homes. This marker in Thomasville, Georgia was placed by the Thomasville Garden Club with the Garden Club of Georgia and its Camellia District. It reflects a long tradition of civic remembrance in the region.
Northampton County, NC
Blue Star Memorials began in 1945 as a garden-club tribute to armed-forces members, named for the blue-star service flags families hung for loved ones at war. This Northampton County, North Carolina marker was placed by the Garden Clubs of District XII with the Garden Club of North Carolina. It links a rural corner of the state to a national tradition of remembrance.
Tifton, GA
Blue Star Memorial Byways extend the tribute begun in 1945, when garden clubs honored service members by dedicating highways in their name, the blue star echoing the banners families hung during World War II. This Tifton marker, placed by the Azalea Garden Club under the National Garden Clubs, dedicates a stretch of road to the armed forces of America.
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.
San Bernardino County, CA
Dedicated in 1990 by the Desert Holly Garden Club, this Blue Star Memorial By-Way marker honors those who have served in America's armed forces. It is part of a national program begun by garden clubs in the mid-1940s, first as a tribute to World War II servicemembers and later broadened to all who serve. Such markers dot highways in every state, planted and tended by volunteer gardeners.
Humboldt County, CA
Placed by the Southern Humboldt Garden Club in 1986, this Blue Star Memorial By-Way marker honors the armed forces of America. It is part of a national program launched by garden clubs in the mid-1940s to honor World War II servicemembers and later widened to all who serve. The blue star recalls the service flags families hung in their windows during wartime.
Humboldt County, CA
This Blue Star Memorial By-Way marker, placed by the Southern Humboldt Garden Club under the National Council of State Garden Clubs, pays tribute to the armed forces of America. It belongs to a program garden clubs began in the mid-1940s to honor World War II servicemembers before expanding it to all who have served. The blue star draws on the service banners families displayed in their windows during the war.
Village of Brewster, NY
The Blue Star Memorial tradition, launched by garden clubs in 1945 to honor World War II troops, takes its name and emblem from the service flags families displayed during the war. This by-way marker in Brewster was placed by the Brewster/Carmel Garden Club together with the Veterans of Foreign Wars under the National Garden Clubs program. It stands as a tribute to the armed forces of America.
Niles, MI
The Blue Star Memorial, named for the service flags families hung during World War II, began as a 1945 garden-club tribute and grew into a nationwide network of roadside markers. This by-way marker in Niles was placed in 2019 by the Four Flags Garden Club under the National Garden Clubs program. It honors the armed forces of America.
Stillwater, MN
The Blue Star Memorial, first raised by New Jersey garden clubs in 1945 to honor World War II troops, spread nationwide as a roadside tribute bearing the blue star of the wartime service flag. This by-way marker in Stillwater was placed by the Perennial Garden Club under the Federated and National Garden Clubs. It honors the armed forces of the United States.
Ewing Township, NJ
The Blue Star Memorial tradition was born in New Jersey in 1945, when garden clubs planted trees along a highway to honor World War II servicemembers—fittingly, this marker stands in the state where the program began. Sponsored by the West Trenton Garden Club with the New Jersey Department of Transportation under the National Garden Clubs, it honors the armed forces of America. The blue star recalls the service flags of the home front.
Stow, MA
The Blue Star Memorial program began in 1945 to honor America's armed forces, its emblem drawn from the blue-star flags families hung for loved ones in uniform. Sponsored by the Stow Garden Club, this marker sets that national tribute into the New England town green tradition of Middlesex County. It is one of thousands placed by the National Garden Clubs across the country.
City of Canandaigua, NY
Founded in 1945, the Blue Star Memorial program honors America's armed forces, its emblem taken from the blue-star flags families hung for relatives in uniform. Sponsored by the Sonnenberg Garden Club, this marker stands in Canandaigua at the head of one of New York's Finger Lakes, near the celebrated Sonnenberg Gardens. It joins thousands of such tributes placed nationwide by the National Garden Clubs.
Nashville, TN
Founded in 1945, the Blue Star Memorial program honors America's armed forces, its emblem taken from the blue-star flags families displayed for loved ones in uniform. Sponsored by District II of the Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs, this marker brings that national tribute to Nashville. It is one of thousands placed along American byways by the National Garden Clubs.
Village of Bronxville, NY
The Blue Star Memorial tradition began in 1945 to honor those serving in the armed forces, taking its name from the blue-star service flags displayed by families during the World Wars. This tribute in Bronxville, New York was placed by the Boulder Lodge Garden Club and the Bronxville Women's Club under National Garden Clubs. It brings a suburban Westchester village into a nationwide network of remembrance.
Humboldt County, CA
The Blue Star Memorial program began in 1945, when New Jersey garden clubs planted flowering dogwoods along a highway to honor the servicemen and women of World War II. The blue star echoed the service flags families hung in their windows, one star for each loved one in uniform. The National Garden Clubs carried the idea nationwide, and markers like this one in the redwood country of southern Humboldt County extend the tribute to all who have served.
Enumclaw, WA · est. 2006
The Blue Star Memorial program was founded in 1945 to honor the armed forces of the United States, its name drawn from the blue-star service flags families displayed for relatives in uniform. Sponsored here by the Enumclaw Garden Club, this marker joins thousands placed along American highways by the National Garden Clubs. Set at the foot of Washington's Cascade country, it invites travelers to pause and remember those who served.
Ferndale, CA
The Blue Star Memorial program, founded in 1945, honors America's servicemen and women, its emblem drawn from the blue-star flags of the World War II home front. This marker, placed by the Ferndale Garden Club in 1994, brings that tribute to the Victorian dairy town of Ferndale on California's north coast. Though brief in its wording, it stands within a national tradition of roadside remembrance.
Moultrie, GA
Blue Star Memorial By-ways are part of a national garden-club program begun in 1945 to honor the armed forces, named for the blue-star service flags of the World War era. This marker in Moultrie, Georgia was sponsored by the Magnolia Garden Club. Though brief, it connects the community to a coast-to-coast tradition of roadside tributes.
Milledgeville, GA
This Blue Star Memorial Highway marker is part of a nationwide program begun in the mid-twentieth century to honor the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces. Sponsored by garden clubs in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Transportation, the blue star recalls the service flags families hung in their windows during wartime. Markers like this one line highways across the country as living tributes.
Bulloch County, GA
This Blue Star Memorial Highway marker in Bulloch County pays tribute to the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces. Sponsored by local garden clubs in cooperation with the state, it belongs to a program of highway memorials that spread nationwide after World War II. The blue star echoes the service banners families displayed for loved ones in uniform.
Jackson, GA
This Blue Star Memorial Highway marker in Butts County honors the U.S. Armed Forces that have defended the nation. It was placed by the Butts County Garden Club Council with the Redbud District of the Garden Clubs of Georgia as part of a nationwide memorial tradition. The blue star recalls the wartime service flags once hung in family windows.
Catoosa County, GA
This Blue Star Memorial Highway marker in Catoosa County stands as a tribute to the U.S. Armed Forces. Sponsored by the Laurel District of the Garden Club of Georgia with state agencies, it is one link in a coast-to-coast chain of highway memorials begun in the postwar era. The blue star symbol honors all who have served in the nation's defense.
Folkston, GA
This Blue Star Memorial Highway marker at Folkston honors the U.S. Armed Forces that have defended the country. It was placed by the Folkston Garden Club and a VFW auxiliary in cooperation with the Garden Club of Georgia, joining a national program of roadside tributes. The blue star recalls the service flags families displayed during the nation's wars.
Marietta, GA
Blue Star Memorial Highways trace their name to the blue-star service flags that families hung in their windows during World War II, one star for each loved one in uniform. Begun by garden clubs in 1945 and carried across the country in the decades after, the program lines American roadsides with living tributes to those who have served. This Marietta marker was placed by Georgia garden clubs in cooperation with the Veterans of Foreign Wars.