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Originating during World War I, the Service Flag is a blue star on a white field with a red border. Families would display the Service Flag in their front window to show that an immediate family member was serving in the military. If that loved one died, the blue star was replaced by a gold star, allowing others to see the sacrifice that family made in protecting our country.
The Oregon State University Military and Veteran Resource Center has attempted to create a database of all honored OSU alumni who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Created over the course of a year through extensive cross platform research, these are the Beavers who gave their lives for our freedom.
The Gold Star Project member database may be searched by member name or class year.
Filters can also be applied for military ranks and/or conflicts.
The displayed members may be sorted in ascending or descending order of last name, conflict, or class year.
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Following World War I, Congress recognized the need for federal control over the commemoration of American armed forces overseas. On March 4, 1923, President Warren Harding signed legislation that established the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and made the new agency responsible for the construction of monuments honoring the American Expeditionary Forces.
Today, ABMC administers, operates and maintains 26 permanent American burial grounds and 31 separate memorials, monuments and markers, on foreign soil. It also maintains three memorials in the United States. Today there are 124,000 American war dead interred in these cemeteries, of which 30,973 are from World War I commemorative cemeteries, 92,958 from World War II commemorative cemeteries, and 750 from the Mexican-American War. Additionally, more than 15,000 American veterans and others are interred in the Mexico City National Cemetery, Corozal American Cemetery and Clark Veterans Cemetery. More than 94,000 American servicemen and women who were missing in action, lost, or buried at sea during World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War are commemorated by name on stone tablets in ABMC cemeteries and memorials.
These Hallowed Grounds Overseas Cemeteries PBS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOPywsx0MKM
Arlington National Cemetery has evolved from a place of necessity to a national shrine to those who have honorably served our Nation during times of war – including every military conflict in American history – and during times of peace. The cemetery is the final resting place for more than 400,000 active duty service members, veterans and their families. “Service to country” is the common thread that binds all who are honored and remembered here.
Arlington National Cemetery is located west of Washington, DC, across the Potomac River in Arlington, Virginia. It is one of the Army National Military Cemeteries; the other is the Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery in Washington, DC. Both are operated and managed by the U.S. Army and are the final resting places for veterans of military service. Arlington National Cemetery is also the site of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which commemorates those who perished in World War I.
The site of Arlington National Cemetery is historic; the land once belonged to George Washington Parke Custis, the grandson of Martha Washington and the adopted son of George Washington. Custis built Arlington House on the 1,100 acre plantation and then left the house and land to his daughter, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, who was the wife of Robert E. Lee.
At the beginning of the Civil War in 1861, the Lee family fled the house; during and after the Civil War, ownership of the house and land eventually passed to the U.S. Government. Arlington House, also called the Custis-Lee Mansion, and the grounds around the house are today administered by the National Park Service. The first burial on the grounds was in 1864, and the War Department set aside about 200 acres of the original site to be used as a cemetery. During and after the Civil War, over a thousand freed slaves lived on the land in an area known as Freedman’s Village.
Arlington National Cemetery covers 624 acres and contains approximately 400,000 graves. It is the final resting place for a number of important historical figures. Among those buried there are:
The cemetery remains active with funeral services Monday through Saturday (except federal holidays), conducting between 27 and 30 services each week day and between 6 and 8 services each Saturday. Information on burial eligibility and military honors is available on the cemetery’s website. More than 3,000 ceremonies and memorial services also take place at the cemetery each year, including national observances for Memorial Day and Veterans Day held at the Memorial Amphitheater.
Arlington: In Eternal Vigil https://youtu.be/VZcrdQYVe-o
