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: Some Spokane mothers gave their all to the war effort, and not every son returned

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: Some Spokane mothers gave their all to the war effort, and not every son returned

Spokane's Gold Star Mothers: Some Spokane mothers gave their all to the war effort, and not every son returned

By Haley MacGregor

Wilmer Evers died in a Prisoner Of War camp in the Philippines during World War Two. His mother was given a gold star pin to honor the sacrifice her son made for his country.