Milford Garden Club is celebrating its 90th year! We were created as an organization in 1926.
Congratulations to the Milford Garden Club! We have many wonderful programs planned . Come and join us!
Membership information contact 203 874 7470
Please join us at the Dedication of the Blue Star Memorial on Sunday May 28th 2017 at 12:00 pm at the Fowler Bldg on New Haven Avenue . Our Dedication will be a short dignified ceremony honoring all those who have served, who are serving and who will serve in the United States Military. Come and join us!
Milford Garden Club will be working with the Milford Veterans, Ceremony and Parade Commission to create a Blue Star Memorial to honor our Veterans . If you would like to make a donation you may send a check made out to Blue Star Memorial, c/o Marilyn Wardell, 395 West Rutland Road , Milford Ct 06461
The Memorial will be erected on the Fowler Bldg property on New Haven Ave. It will be adjacent to and visible from the Founders Walk.
Blue Star Luminaries will be available for a minimum donation of $5 apiece.
If you'd like more information you may contact
milfordbluestarmemorial@gmail.com
Thank you!
The Blue Star Memorial Program honors service men and women. This program began with the planting of 8,000 Dogwood trees by the New Jersey Council of Garden Clubs in 1944 as a living memorial to veterans of World War II. In 1945, the National Council of State Garden Clubs adopted the program and began a Blue Star Highway system, which covers thousands of miles across the Continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii. A large metal Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker was placed at appropriate locations along the way.
The program was expanded to include all men and women who had served, were serving or would serve in the armed services of the United States. Memorial Markers and By-Way markers were added to the Highway Markers, to be used at locations such as National cemeteries, parks, veteran's facilities and gardens.
The Blue Star became an icon in World War II and was seen on flags and banners in homes for sons and daughters away at war, as well as in churches and businesses. This program has been active all through the years to the present, a fitting tribute always and especially now.
Below are photos of examples of Blue Star Memorials
http://www.gardenclub.org/projects/ongoing-projects/blue-star-memorials
