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Title: Gold Star Hall at Iowa State University
Post by: Barbarian on November 23, 2006, 10:14:46 AM
The names of Iowa State University dead from WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam are enscribed on the walls  of this hall, constructed in 1928.   In WWII, when a son was serving in the military, they put a blue star in the window.   If he was killed, it was replaced with a gold star.

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Above the entrance, a poem by John Drinkwater:

For Thee they died
Master and Maker, God of Right
The Soldier dead are at Thy gate
Who kept the spears of honor bright
And Freedom's house inviolate.
Title: Re: Gold Star Hall at Iowa State University
Post by: Pat on November 23, 2006, 10:37:04 AM
Oh, my!  How touching.  What a lovely photo of an awesome place.  I like that tradition of changing the blue star to gold.

Title: Re: Gold Star Hall at Iowa State University
Post by: Marilyn on November 23, 2006, 09:18:50 PM
Wow what an awesome photo.
Title: Re: Gold Star Hall at Iowa State University
Post by: mybcjazz on December 01, 2006, 04:45:18 AM
Great photo, moving poem.

Thanks for sharing.

In His Grip,
Kevin
Title: Re: Gold Star Hall at Iowa State University
Post by: JudyB on May 16, 2007, 04:11:57 PM
Great  poem to go with the sorrow that the gold stars represent. 

This is beautiful.
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