,,iii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #gea  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september
 #f1 #bjbb,mr4 ,wicker submitted the    
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on the ,judiciary    
,,resolution  ,designating ,august #a1  
#bjbb1 as ,gold ,star ,children's ,day4 
,whereas the recognition of ,gold ,star 
,families in the ,united ,states dates  
back to ,world ,war ,i1 when the        
families of fallen service members      
displayed a service flag in the window  
of their homes with a gold star2        
,whereas1 in #aicf1 ,president ,franklin
 ,d4 ,roosevelt signed into law         
legislation designating the last ,sunday
 of ,september as ,gold ,star ,mother's 
,day1 a national annual observance to   
honor the mothers of fallen service     
members2 ,whereas1 since #bjaj1 the     
,senate each year has honored ,gold     
,star ,spouses by resolution on ,april  
#e1 recognizing the unique sacrifices   
made by the spouses of fallen service   

members2 ,whereas thousands of sons and 
daughters have lost a parent who served 
in the ,armed ,forces and also deserve  
national recognition for the burden and 
legacy they carry2 and ,whereas1 in     
#bjbb1 the ,senate honored ,gold ,star  
,children for the first time1           
recognizing the sons and daughters of   
service members who were killed while   
deployed in areas of hostility1 as part 
of the national debt owed to all those  
who have shared in the sacrifice of     
military service3 ,now1 therefore1 be it
 ,that the ,senate-- 7#a7 designates    
,august #a1 #bjbb1 as ,gold ,star       
,children's ,day2  7#b7 honors the      
sacrifices and hardships of the children
 of fallen service members2 and  7#c7   
encourages the people of the ,united    
,states to observe ,gold ,star          
,children's ,day in support of the      
children of the fallen men and women of 
the ,armed ,forces of the ,united       
,states4