Gold Star Families Honored In Amory

AMORY – (WCBI) – Every family member suffers when a military member dies in their service but it’s an gold star mothersespecially painful time for a mother.  That’s why Amory devoted a good portion of its Memorial Day program to the Gold Star Mothers of the area.   That is a national group formed by moms who lost children at war.   Speakers say a renewed effort needs to take place to start teaching younger Americans the reason we have Memorial Day because many have grown up in a generation where Memorial Day is associated more with family gatherings and fun than a time to refleft on the war dead.

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