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Article: AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU: STATES HONOR WOUNDED WITH SILVER STAR BANNER

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February 20, 2008
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The U.S. Department of Defense's American Forces Information Service issued the following press release:

More than 60 years after the custom was last observed, five states have endorsed the Silver Star banner as their official symbol for honoring war-wounded veterans.

The practice began in 1918, and the Silver Star banner was granted semi-official status by the Army adjutant general, said Steve Newton, founder of Silver Star Families of America. Sometime between the end of World War I and the beginning of World War II, he said, the practice was lost.

Silver Star Families of America has been working to get the banner granted official status since 2005, Newton said. "When Congress approved ...

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