overseas grave visitations by mothers and widows of fallen U.S. World War I soldiers
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Graham, John W.
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- VS 1G 2005 - B
- Thesaurus
- eerste wereldoorlog, militaire beroepen, slachtoffers, moeders, weduwen, bedevaarten, Verenigde Staten, 1910-1919, 1930-1939, 20e eeuw
- Description
- This work covers the Gold Star pilgrimages from their launch to the present day, beginning with an introduction to the war and wartime burial. Subsequent topics include the legislative struggle and evolution of the pilgrimage bill: personal pilgrimages, including that of the parents of poet Joyce Kilmer: the role of the Quartermaster Corps: the segregation controversy: a close examination of the first group to travel, Party A of May 1930: and the results of the pilgrimage experience as described by participants, observers, organizers, and scholars, researched through diaries, letters, scrapbooks, interviews, and newspaper accounts.