Blue Star Memorial Highway
highway designation
Blue Star Memorial Highways are highways in the United States that are marked to pay tribute to the U.S. armed forces. The National Council of State Garden Clubs, now known as National Garden Clubs, Inc., started the program in 1945 after World War II. The blue star was used on service flags to denote a service member fighting in the war. The program has since been expanded to include Memorial Markers and Memorial By-ways (since 1994). These markers are used in National Cemeteries, parks, veterans facilities, and gardens.
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Alabama
Scenic Highway 98, Baldwin County starting at Montrose–Daphne city line and traveling north through Montrose
Sponsored by the Montrose Garden Club
Dedicated April 18, 2015, in a ceremony held at Knights of Columbus Hall
US 31 just north of Prattville
Alaska
Sterling Highway, marker at Anchor Point, the westernmost point on the North American contiguous highway system.
Arkansas
I-30; Marker is at the Arkansas Welcome Center on East-bound I-30 just outside of Texarkansa.
There also is a marker at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro Ar,
Interstate 55 at the Arkansas Welcome Center in Blytheville AR. Mile marker 68 southbound.
California
SR 58 in Southern California
SR 211, in Humboldt County; marker at Veterans Memorial Building, 1100 Main Street, Ferndale
US 101 at Trinidad in Humboldt County; markers at both north and south bound Trinidad rest areas between miles 728 and 731
SR 62 in Southern California from the Arizona state line to I-10
Interstate 80 at Hunter Hill Safety Rest Area in Vallejo, California
U.S. 395 at Coso Junction in Inyo County
San Fernando Blvd. (Former U.S. Route 99) in Burbank, California; marker located at McCambridge Park
Colorado
US 40 in Lakewood
US 287 in Lafayette at Baseline Road.
Delaware
US 13 at the Smyrna Rest Area and in Seaford.
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