That knock at the door
Subtitle: the history of Gold Star Mothers in America
By: by Holly S. Fenelon
Edition: Revised edition.
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9781475925371; 9781475925388
Subjects: Mothers of war casualties; History; Biography; Patriotic societies; Mothers of soldiers; Poetry; Soldiers; Inc American Gold Star Mothers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The World War and the Gold Star; title: The post-war period : shaping the memory of the war; title: Creating the American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.; title: The Gold Star Mothers of the Great War; title: The Gold Star pilgrimage; title: The 1930s, rembrance, respect, recognition; title: The 1940s, growth, recognition, and discord; title: The 1950s, dissension and challenges; title: The Memorial National Home Foundation; title: The Vietnam decades, 1960-1979; title: AGSM challenged, 1980-1999; title: 2000 and beyond, new wars and an evolving organization; title: Appendix A: Presidents and conventions; title: Appendix B: National Presidents; title: Appendix C: Gold Star poetry and clippings; title: Appedix D: Gold Star mothers stamp cachets.