[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 751 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 751

      Designating August 1, 2022, as ``Gold Star Children's Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 6, 2022

 Mr. Wicker submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
      Designating August 1, 2022, as ``Gold Star Children's Day''.

Whereas the recognition of Gold Star Families in the United States dates back to 
        World War I, when the families of fallen service members displayed a 
        service flag in the window of their homes with a gold star;
Whereas, in 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law legislation 
        designating the last Sunday of September as ``Gold Star Mother's Day'', 
        a national annual observance to honor the mothers of fallen service 
        members;
Whereas, since 2010, the Senate each year has honored Gold Star Spouses by 
        resolution on April 5, recognizing the unique sacrifices made by the 
        spouses of fallen service members;
Whereas thousands of sons and daughters have lost a parent who served in the 
        Armed Forces and also deserve national recognition for the burden and 
        legacy they carry; and
Whereas, in 2022, the Senate honored Gold Star Children for the first time, 
        recognizing the sons and daughters of service members who were killed 
        while deployed in areas of hostility, as part of the national debt owed 
        to all those who have shared in the sacrifice of military service: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates August 1, 2022, as ``Gold Star Children's 
        Day'';
            (2) honors the sacrifices and hardships of the children of 
        fallen service members; and
            (3) encourages the people of the United States to observe 
        Gold Star Children's Day in support of the children of the 
        fallen men and women of the Armed Forces of the United States.
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