Gold Star Mother’s and Families Day honors heroes
Candy Wells sits in her Collierville home, holding a flag given to her family after her brother, Army Specialist Five Rodney D. Osborne, was killed in Vietnam. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Gold Star Mother’s Day was created by a joint congressional resolution in 1936, and in 2011 the resolution was expanded by presidential proclamation to include families. A committee hopes to build a monument at Liberty Park.
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Gold Star Families fallen military Gold star mothers Woody Williams Chad Graham Woody Williams Foundation Candy WellsMichael Waddell
Michael Waddell is a native Memphian with more than 20 years of professional writing and editorial experience, working most recently with The Daily News and High Ground News.
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