Gold Star Mothers

Gold Star Mothers
A membership corporation composed of numerous chapters throughout the United States, organized for patriotic and charitable purposes, every member being a mother of one killed in the service of his country in the armed forces in wartime. American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. v National Gold Star Mothers, Inc. 89 App DC 269, 191 F2d 488, 27 ALR2d 948.

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