117 SRES 751 IS: Designating August 1, 2022, as “Gold Star Children’s Day”. U.S. Senate 2022-09-06 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

III117th CONGRESS2d SessionS. RES. 751IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESSeptember 6, 2022Mr. Wicker submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryRESOLUTIONDesignating 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; andWhereas, 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

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.