4 Seests in Paradise
Blue Star Banner Story....
The blue star service banners....
Remember them?
Or remember hearing about them?
The blue star was to go in the window of those with a loved one in the war.
The gold star was to replace the blue if the family member was killed in action.
In 2001, we had a blue star in our window, both on our homepage and at our HOUSE!
Daniel was at war...for Christmas...which is why we had the index decorated the way we did *_*
I've thought the blue star banner historical significance so fascinating. I've thought so for YEARS!
And my favorite American Girl Doll -- a historically accurate doll with stories that go with different time periods -- is the doll for World War II, Molly *_*
If you'd like to see how to order "The American Girl Doll" Molly's story, whose Daddy was at war for her Christmas,
click HERE and look for Molly *_*
During World War II all across America banners were
hung in the windows of homes where young men & women had gone
off to serve in the military. You remember - one blue star for
each family member who left, and a gold star if they weren't coming
home.
One evening a young boy was walking down the street
with his father. The stars and the banners caught his
eye, and after a time he began counting them. "One
star in that window," he announced. "And one in the
next." He clapped his little hands and shouted out,
"Oh look, Daddy! There are three stars at that
house." He ran up and down the avenue pointing out
stars and pulling his Daddy along. Then they got to
one house that puzzled him. "Look at that big house.
It has lots of windows, but there's not one star - not
even one. Why, Daddy?" The father didn't seem to
hear the question. He felt the little boy was too
young to understand the meaning of all those service
stars anyway. After all, how does one explain to a
five year old the loneliness, hopes and fears on the
other side of those stars in the windows?
Then they came to a vacant lot. There were no
houses, so no windows to hang service banners. But in
the distance a stretch of sky where one evening star
was brightly glowing. "Oh look . . . look!" the
little boy exclaimed. "There's one star in God's
window. That means God gave a Son, too." Then
noticing the gold color he added, "And He died."
The above story is taken from
"Beyond the Manger", a Christmas Cantata
by Derric Johnson and Larry Mayfield
Published by
Regeneration Music Services
PO Box 40772
Nashville, TN 37204
Copyright 1981
Daniel's Home State *_*
Jennifer's Home State *_*
Caleb's Home State *_*
Lydia's Home State *_*
Aren't these the CUTEST???
I have them linked to pages about each of us...these are our family members' home states!!!
I "adopted" them from
Country Road Graphics,
but they are no longer online.
HERE are our Patriotic Pages *_*
Mysterious Fathoms Below - Submarine Page
The Statue of Liberty
Freedom is Never Free
Remember 911...
A Letter to My Fellow Americans
A Letter to the Terrorists
Fear None But GOD
Our POW/MIA Page
Tribute to Ronald W. Reagan
And, just for FUN...do the DUBYA *_*
An Index of all our Christmas Pages from years past *_*
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