American Gold Star Mothers for Fisher House
American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. has started a nation-wide campaign to support Fisher House Foundation. If your AGSM department or chapter is interested in creating a fundraising page in support of the campaign, please contact Cathy Cabrey at 240-599-2473 or ccabrey@fisherhouse.org to get started."Gold star mothers" is a term that came into general use with the creation of the service flags used to show that a family had a son in the service (a blue star) or a son that had died in the service (a gold star almost covering the blue star so that a rim of blue still shows). Mothers of slain servicemen came to be known as gold star mothers. The phrase is sometimes capitalized but this is incorrect because it is not the proper name of any organization. The phrase is generic and, through customary usage has come to designate any mother whose child has been lost in war.
A group of gold star mothers met in 1928 and formed the organization American Gold Star Mothers, Inc (AGSM). AGSM is a non-profit, 501 C(3) organization. AGSM takes no position on political issues of the day but does support our military and has many activities that reflect that support. Learn more about the organization at http://www.goldstarmoms.com
