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The Silver Star Families of America (SSFOA) is a 501(c) tax exempt organization dedicated to honoring and supporting wounded, ill and injured veterans of all branches of the armed forces of the United States of America.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Silver Star Families of America )〕 The organization was founded in 2004 by Steve and Diana Newton with the assistance of Joseph and Sharon Newton and the entire Newton family.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Silver Start Family Founders )〕 It is not related to the military decoration designated the Silver Star. ==Historical background== The tradition of a service banner with a blue star covered with silver threads to represent wounded service personnel began in 1917〔 or 1918〔 following the suggestion of Women’s Committee of the Council of National Defenses,〔 but faded from use sometime between World War I and World War II.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 accessdate=2010-03-27 )〕 When the use of Blue and Gold Star Service Banners was formally adopted into the United States Code and made official,〔http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/36C9.txt〕 the tradition of the Silver Star Banner was overlooked. The Department of Defense, given the authority to govern the use of the service banners,〔 concluded that existing Blue Star Service Banner or Gold Star Service Banners and Flags could not be altered.〔 A new Silver Star Service Flag and Banner were designed and were quickly accepted widely used throughout the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/134833m.pdf )〕 The Silver Star Service Flag/Banner are trademarked. The name "Silver Star Service Banner" is TM. The actual Silver Star Service Banner is 8.5" x 14."〔 Footnote to service banner history: there is also a "War Mothers" Flag that was first flown over the capitol on Veterans Day in 1926. This Flag is still flown every year on Veterans Day starting at 11 minutes after 11 o'clock to sundown. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Silver Star Families of America」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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