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Gold Star Mother's Day! On June 23, 1936, a joint congressional resolution designated the last Sunday in September as Gold Star Mother’s Day and proclaimed annually by each president. In 2011, President Barack Obama amended the day to “Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day.” The American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. was incorporated in 1929 and obtained a federal charter from the United States Congress. It began in the Washington DC area and soon expanded to include affiliated groups throughout the United States. The history of gold star mothers and their families begins with a young country thrown in the midst...

<p>I hope this mother's day and every subsequent one will reopen the wounds and overwhelm these stupid bit*&^&* so that they end up taking their own pathetic and worthless lives!!!</p>

A Veterans Day commemorative has been canceled after disagreements over whether an anti-war activist should speak at the event. Bill Mitchell, a co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace along with "Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan, was scheduled to speak. But some veterans objected, saying the day was supposed to be a nonpartisan memorial, and the local Disabled American Veterans chapter threatened to pull out. "They have the other 364 days and 23 hours to make their political point," said Edwin Harper, adjutant of the chapter. Event chairman "Country" Joe McDonald, the songwriter known for the anti-war anthem "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" and...