VideoIn 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a proclamation declaring the last Sunday in September Gold Star Mother’s Day. But what does the phrase “Gold Star mother” mean? Congress authorized the military in 1947 to issue gold star lapel pins to family members of those killed in action. “In the military and veterans community, Gold Star families are sacred,” said Paul Rieckhoff, the founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. What do other Gold Star families say about the Trump feud?

Source: New York Times August 01, 2016 20:25 UTC