IN HR0018

Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate committee the topic of designating November 9 of each year as "Gold Star Family Day"

Gold Star families are the relatives of United States military personnel who died in battle

Beginning in World War I, military families flew flags with blue stars representing family members serving in the military, changing the blue star to gold if the family member died in battle

United States Congress authorized the military to present a gold star lapel pin to family members of those killed in action in August 1947, with the pin design modified by Congress in 1973 to feature a gold star with gold background and four oak sprigs

Recognizes the sacrifice of Gold Star family members when a father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, or other loved one dies in service to the nation