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2015 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 197
BY SENATOR ADLEY
COMMENDATIONS. Commends the Blue Star Mothers of Louisiana, Chapter 1, Baton
Rouge, for its outstanding work for Louisiana veterans and its Blue Star and Gold Star
families.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend the Blue Star Mothers of Louisiana, Chapter 1, Baton Rouge, for its
3 outstanding work for Louisiana veterans and its Blue Star and Gold Star families.
4 WHEREAS, the Blue Star Mothers of Louisiana, Chapter 1, received its charter in
5 March of 2005, as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq grew to an all time high of combat troop
6 levels deployed, and the United States pursued its Global War On Terror; and
7 WHEREAS, the Blue Star Mothers of Louisiana, Chapter 1, also grew in size as the
8 veteran support group worked furiously to support military families of deployed and fallen
9 armed forces personnel; and
10 WHEREAS, the Blue Star Mothers of Louisiana, Chapter 1, soon began to work on
11 projects that helped American forces serving overseas by sending them care packages
12 several times each year, in order to let them know they were not forgotten and their service
13 was greatly appreciated; and
14 WHEREAS, the Blue Star Mothers of Louisiana, Chapter 1, also took up the job of
15 hosting the Wreaths Across America Ceremony in Baton Rouge by decorating the graves
16 in the National Cemetery with wreaths each December; and
17 WHEREAS, the Blue Star Mothers of Louisiana, Chapter 1, also hosts an annual
18 Gold Star Mothers Day Luncheon where families of fallen American armed forces personnel
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1 are honored and presented with an Honor and Remember Flag; and
2 WHEREAS, the Blue Star Mothers of Louisiana, Chapter 1, has initiated a new and
3 beautiful ceremony each Memorial Day by placing over eleven thousand American flags on
4 the State Capitol grounds to create a garden of flags and conduct a reading of the names of
5 the most recently fallen; and
6 WHEREAS, the Blue Star Mothers of Louisiana, Chapter 1, has been recognized
7 both nationally and locally for its many efforts and activities honoring Louisiana's veterans
8 and partner annually with the national Folds of Honor Foundation to recognize fallen and
9 wounded Louisiana veterans with the Patriot Shootout Golf Tournament; and
10 WHEREAS, the Blue Star Mothers of Louisiana, Chapter 1, also work with the
11 Louisiana Senate on the Legislature's Military Family Day in the Senate, providing contact
12 information and informing and inviting Gold Star Families to the event where each family
13 is recognized for their sacrifices and losses and is honored individually by the entire Senate.
14 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
15 does hereby extend its highest and most profound commendations to the Blue Star Mothers
16 of Louisiana, Chapter 1, for its tireless efforts on behalf of veterans and their families and
17 for the great honor that the group brings to all Louisiana citizens.
18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Janet
19 Broussard, president of Blue Star Mothers of Louisiana, Chapter 1.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Heyward Jeffers.
DIGEST
SR 197 Original 2015 Regular Session Adley
Commends Blue Star Mothers, Chapter 1, for its outstanding work for Louisiana veterans
and its Blue Star and Gold Star families.
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