The designation of the “Gold Star” as a venerated status that no one wants. For nearly 100 years, inclusion has been earned for losing an immediate family member serving in the Armed Force of the United States.

There are no public records on how many Gold Star Families there are. Over 6,000 United States service members have died in the conflicts within Iraq and Afghanistan alone. The Gold Star label button is issued to immediate family members of those who lost their lives in the defense of democracy during WWI and WWII, and any subsequesnt armed hostilities in which the United States became engaged. It is also issued for Act of Terrorism deaths.

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 83 provided the Gold Star Memorial wreaths and the Delaware Patriot Guard for the Flag line.

Delaware Governor John Carney was in attendance for dedication ceremonies.

Vietnam Gold Star Sister Judy C. Campbell (SP/4 Keith Allen Campbell (KIA 02/08/67) with Rosa Guy, the Gold Star Sister of Samuel L. Crawford MIA Korea War

Delaware National Guard Joint Color Guard presents Colors, Delaware Military Academy senior cadet, Katie Certesio sang our National anthem

Delaware State Senator Greg Lavelle

Delaware State Representative Earl G. Jaques, Jr.

Air Force Senior Airman Elizabeth A. Loncki, 23, of New Castle, Del.; assigned to the 775th Civil Engineer Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah; killed Jan. 7, 2007 by a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device while performing duties in the Baghdad area
Elizabeth was a Senior Airman with Air Force Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD). Liz was a member of St. Peter the Apostle RC Church. She was a 1998 graduate of St. Peter Elementary School, a 2001 graduate of Padua Academy. She attended Arizona State University before joining the armed forces. Liz enlisted in the U.S. Air Force March 2003, graduated from Eglin AFB–Naval Tech Explosive Ordinance Disposal School on February 27, 2004.
Senior Airman Elizabeth A. Elizabeth Loncki entered the Air Force in 2003, and graduated from NAVSCLEOD on 27 February 2004 before being stationed with the 775th Civil Engineer Squadron at Hill AFB, Utah. In Iraq, she was assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron and a member of the four-person Team Lima, which successfully executed 194 missions on the outskirts of Baghdad, resulting in the safe disarming of 129 IEDs.

Senior Airman Elizabeth A. Loncki was one of three airmen on Team Lima killed by a large vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.

Executive Director, Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs, Larence Kirby.
Kirby was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for actions in Afghanistan and has selflessly identified hundreds of Iraq and Afghanistan casualties at Dover's Air Force Port Mortuary.

Gold Star Representative for Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 83, Judy C. Campbell

Past National President of the American Gold Star Mothers Ann Y. Sherman Wolcott (Cpl. Rex Marcel Sherman (KIA 11/19/69) Vietnam)

Delaware Governor John Carney signing legislation that our Nations First State Delaware today, September 25, 2017 has renamed US Rt 202 as the Gold Star Highway.

Secretary Jennifer Cohan and Vietnam Gold Star Sister Judy C. Campbell (SP/4 Keith Allen Campbell (KIA 02/08/67) helped to unveil the sign re dedication of US 202 as Delaware Gold Star Highway. While Rosa Guy, the Gold Star Sister of Samuel L. Crawford MIA Korea War and Past National President of the American Gold Star Mothers Ann Y. Sherman Wolcott (Cpl. Rex Marcel Sherman (KIA 11/19/69) Vietnam) looked on.

Our Nations First State Delaware today, September 25, 2017 has renamed US Rt 202 as the Gold Star Highway.