Gold Star Mother Pin

ID: 5475 ~ Source: Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture ~ Creator: Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture
This file appears in: Spokane's Gold Star Mothers
Gold Star Mother Pin

Given to Gertrude Evers when her son Wilmer Evers died in a Japanese Prisoner of War camp.

This file appears in: Spokane's Gold Star Mothers

By Haley MacGregor
In Spokane during World War Two, the Gold Star Mothers met for a monthly luncheon at the Crescent. Mothers whose children died in the war received gold star pins, and sometimes banners, in honor of their sons who made the ultimate sacrifice for…