Service Flags, World War I
name: label: Series Creator
content: DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 2: Armed Forces
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 2: Armed Forces / 2.4: World War I
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1917-1918
container: label: Container
content: Box 47, Folder LL
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: A blue star service flag in the window of a house indicated that a member of that family was serving in the war; a gold star flag meant that the family member had died in the war. The songs and many of the covers feature these service flags while depicting the soldier's mother, home and family. See 2.5 W for service flags in World War II. (42 items)