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Blue Star Memorial Highway marker on Interstate 81 northbound near New Market, Virginia Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker.jpg
Blue Star Memorial Highway marker on Interstate 81 northbound near New Market, Virginia

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 [1] and Memorial By-ways (since 1994). [2] These markers are used in National Cemeteries, parks, veterans facilities, and gardens.

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Alabama

Alaska

Marker in Anchor Point, Alaska Anchorpoint.jpg
Marker in Anchor Point, Alaska

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Delaware

Florida

Perry, Florida Blue Star Memorial Highway, US19, across from hospital, Perry.JPG
Perry, Florida

Georgia

Brunswick, Georgia Blue Star Highway marker, Brunswick, GA, US.jpg
Brunswick, Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

2/21/1950Terre HauteH1
2/21/1950CentervilleH1
12/11/1950G.C. of IndianaH3
8/12/1953Indiana State G.C.?
5/3/1971Indiana G.C.H2
1/7/1974Garden Clubs of IndianaH1
6/7/1978Garden Clubs of IndianaH2
7/16/1979G.C. of Indiana, Inc.H1
7/16/1979G.C. of Indiana, Inc. – Southeast DistrictH1
9/28/1979G.C. of Indiana, Inc. – Northwest DistrictH1
5/12/1980G.C. of Indiana, Inc. – Central DistrictH1
12/18/1982G.C. of Indiana, Inc. – Southwest DistrictH2
4/18/1985New Castle G.C.B1
4/18/1985Brown County G.C., Nashville, INB1
12/9/1987Hobart G.C., HobartB1
4/29/1991Southbend G.C., SouthbendH1
6/20/1991G.C. of Indiana, Inc., PendletonH1
4/3/1992G.C. of Indiana, Inc., IndianapolisB1
5/31/1996Plainfield G.C., DanvilleB1
2/13/1997Marengo G.C., HardinsburgB1
3/9/1998G.C. of Indiana, Inc., IndianapolisB1
8/24/1998Dyer G.C., DyerB1
1/18/1999Dirt Diggers G.C., PaoliB1
1/28/1999Flower Lane G.C., ColumbusB1
3/4/1999G.C. of Indiana, Inc., HardinsburgH1
3/22/2000G.C. of Indiana, Inc.B1
1/8/2001Peru G.C.B1
6/12/2002Come into the GardenB1
5/19/2003Terrace G.C.B1
7/21/2004Cultivating G.C.H1
2/10/2005G.C. of MarionH1
5/6/2005Central District of INH1
10/11/2005G.C. of Indiana, Inc., District IIB1
12/22/2008Vale of Paradise, ValparisoH1
7/13/2009Portage G.C., Gilbert Park, Portage, INB1
1/10/2012Westwood G.C., VFW Post 1114, EvansvilleB 1
4/30/2012G.C. of Indiana, S. Dan Jones Rd., AvonH 1
6/22/2013Gibson County Fairgrounds, Princeton/Green Thumb Garden Club of Princeton, Inc.M1
8/1/2013Lincoln State Park, Lincoln City/

Christmas Lake Village GC

B1
9/14/2013Black River Rest Area on I-64 near Griff, Princeton/

Green Thumb GC of Princeton, Inc.

H1
9/14/2013Gibson County Fairgrounds, Princeton/

Green Thumb GC of Princeton, Inc.

M1
6/1/2014Veterans Memorial Park, 303 W. Henry St., Syracuse/ Syracuse-Wawasee GCB1
11/1/2014Eastside Park, Eastside Park Dr., Washington/

Washington Arts & Flowers GC

B1
11/9/2014Courthouse Square; Hwy 46-Greensburg/

Give un Take & Greensburg Nightbloomer GC's

H1
7/1/2015Hobart Historical Society, 706 E. 4th St., Hobart/

Hobart Garden Club

B1
3/2/2016200 W. Main St., Winamac IN/Iris‐Elm GCBBy‐Way/1
4/11/2016Civic Center, 200 Block Main St., Sullivan IN/Sullivan County Garden Club INBBy‐Way/1
4/20/20169301 Madison‐Crown Point, IN/North West District/ The Garden Club of Indiana, Inc.BMemorial/1
4/19/20161 Matter Park Circle, Marion IN/

The Garden Club of Marion IN

BBy‐Way/1
6/16/2016Corner of Manor Ave. & Ridge Rd., Munster IN/ North West District; Munster Garden ClubBBy‐Way/1
6/16/2016R.L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, 1481 W 10th St., Indianapolis IN/ The Garden Club of Indiana; Indiana's2016 BicentennialBMemorial/1
4/12/2017Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Elkhart IN/The Four Winds Garden ClubBBy‐Way/1
7/23/2017Gateway Drive/HWY 50 East along sidewalk(east)/ Washington Arts & Flowers Garden ClubBhighway/1
7/23/2017Crown Point Courthouse Square – Corner of Court & Joliet St – SW of Lake County Court House, Crown Point INBBy‐Way/1
5/5/2019Clay Township Government Center, 10701 Twp. Gov. Center, Indianapolis IN 46280/Broad Ripple Garden ClubBHighway/1
Fall/2020Boonville Courthouse, Courthouse Square, Boonville, IN/ Boonville GC, The Garden Club of Indiana, IncBBy‐Way/1
5/31/2021Wolf Lake Memorial Park, 2324 Calumet Ave., Hammond, IN/ The GC of IN, Inc, NW DistrictGMemorial/1

Iowa

Kansas

Smith Center Garden Club National Garden Clubs Roadside Park

Kentucky

Louisiana

DateLocation [17] Sponsor
February 25, 1955Fort Pike State Park Off Hwy 90, New OrleansNew Orleans Federated Council of Garden Clubs
November 14, 1972Chef Menteur Hwy. (Hwy. 90) at Michoud Blvd., New OrleansLes Belles Fleures Garden Club
December 2, 1972Gen. DeGaulle Dr. In median at Mardi Gras Blvd.(West Bank)Algiers, Aurora, and Buena Vista Garden Clubs
November 14, 1972Gentilly Blvd. (Hwy. 90) In median at Gentilly Woods Shopping Center, New OrleansPontchartrain Garden Club
March 2, 1996St. Bernard Hwy, (LA 46) Dela Ronde Home Ruins, Chalmette
(lost in Katrina - August 2005)
Green Thumb Garden Club
March 2, 1996St. Bernard Hwy. (LA 46) ArabiGreen Thumb Garden Club
Nov 1997Judge Perez Dr. at Culture Center, Chalmette (lost in Katrina - August 2005)Green Thumb Garden Club
April 26, 2002City Park Botanical Gardens by the Flag PoleFederated Council of New Orleans Garden Clubs
October 19, 2008Hwy 23/Belle Chase Hwy Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (NAS/JRB)District I & II
June 6, 2010The National WWII Museum, 1001 Magazine St., New Orleans"Freedom Isn't Free" Project, LGCF, Inc.
November 11, 2010Hwy 23/BellCreative Planters Garden Club
April 11, 1961International Airport, New Orleans. Original Lost; Replaced on August 22, 2011Jefferson Parish Council of Garden Clubs, Inc.
1973Jefferson Hwy LaBarre Rd. New OrleansJefferson Parish Council of Garden Clubs, Inc.
1973Bridge City-West Bank (Hwy. 90) at foot of Huey P. Long BridgeJefferson Parish Council of Garden Clubs, Inc.
Nov.11 1996Franklin Ave. at Stumpf Blvd. West Bank, GretnaTwilight Gardeners Association, Gretna
September 11, 2002Parterre Memorial Gardens in Lafreniere Park, MetairieDistrict II Garden Clubs
November 6, 2010North End of Hwy 3134, (Intersect w/Barataria Blvd,) MarreroJefferson Parish Council of Garden Clubs
November 6, 2010799 Jean Lafitte Blvd, Jean LafitteBetter Swamps & Garden Club
April 6, 2011Kenner Veteran's Park, 1901 Williams Blvd, KennerChateux Estates Garden Club
May 6, 2011Argonne St. & Transcontinental Ave., MetairiePetals of North Bridgedale Garden Club
November 10, 2011Veterans Memorial Blvd and North Causeway Blvd, MetairieJefferson Parish Council of Garden Clubs, Inc.
March 20, 2012400 Block of Terry Parkway, TerrytownTerrytown Garden Club
December 3, 1966Hwy. 90 at Brashear Ave. In median with Eternal FlameMorgan City Garden Club
March 11, 1967Evangeline Thru-way at Tourist Information CenterLafayette Garden Club
November 1966Hwy. 90/182, New Orleans Blvd.Terrebonne Garden Club
May 25, 1998Hwy. 90 at South-East Blvd.Bayou Vista Garden Club
April 24, 1999LA1 at Nicholls State University, ThibodauxThibodaux Garden Club
November 11, 1999Hwy. 90 at Hwy. 182, Entrance to City at Tourist CenterPatterson Garden Club
June 28, 2000Hwy. 90/Service Rd., St. Mary Parish Tourist CenterFranklin Garden Club
November 11, 2000LA Hwy. 96, Parish Building, 301 West Port St.St. Martinville Garden Club
June 4, 2002Jackson St. at West 10th St. Chaisson ParkThibodaux Garden Club
May 27, 20021010 Main St. Sugar City Plaza, JeaneretteNew Iberia Garden Club
November 13, 2003Convention & Visitors Bureau Hwy. 14, Iberia ParishNew Iberia Garden Club
November 10, 2004Patterson City Hall, Hwy 182Patterson Garden Club
July 4, 2004Veterans Park - Berard St., Breaux BridgeBreaux Bridge Garden Club
May 9, 2005City Hall, LoreauvilleAzalea Garden Club
May 29, 2005City Hall Grounds on Main St.Gueydan Garden Club
April 26, 2009Hwy 182, 300 Patti Dr., Berwick Civic CenterBerwick Garden Club
Welcome Center at 1-20, Shreveport WestShreveport Federated Garden Clubs
November 11, 1978Hwy 1 at entrance to LSU- ShreveportPierremont Hills Garden Club
Hwy 71 South 8 miles from Arkansas State LineHosston Garden Study Club
April 7, 1974Old Minden Rd. at Benton Rd.Bossier City Garden Club
October 27, 2003Turner's Pond by Lakeview United Methodist Church, Lake Shore Dr., MindenTown & Country Garden Club
UnknownHwy 165, BastropBastrop Garden Club
June 1952Roadside Park Hwy. 167 NorthRuston Garden Club
November 11, 1954Hwy 15 & Loop Rd. Roadside ParkWinnsboro Garden Club
March 1, 1957Hwy 15, WisnerWisner Garden Club
1987Hwy 17, EppsEpps Garden Club
1970'sHwy 17 at Hwy. 80, DelhiDelhi Garden Club
May 30, 1968Hwy 165, West Monroe of the Twin CitiesWelcome Garden Club
May 30, 1968Hwy 34 South, MonroeMonroe Garden Club
November 11, 1994LA Hwy 84, Tourist CenterVidalia Garden Club
May 15, 2007Hwy 84 at Bayou Cocodrie Welcome SignFerriday Garden Club
November 6, 2007Hwy 167 South, JonesboroJonesboro Hodge Garden Club
May 15, 1956Old Spanish Trail in median at Pontchartrain Dr. & Carey St.Bayou Liberty Garden Club
1965Hwy.61 at Florida Blvd./Airline (Cortana Mall) (destroyed)Baton Rouge Garden Club
April 1963Hwy I-55 Tourist Information Center, HammondPine Cone Garden Club
November 1989Cate Square ParkHammond Garden Club
July 1, 2006Independence Blvd.Baton Rouge Garden Club
May 31, 2004Hwy 16 at City HallStem & Stamen Garden Club
July 4, 2007Corner of Pine St. and the RailRoadPonchatoula Gardenetts and Community Garden Club
October 27, 2007Hwy 36/21 St Tammany Fire District 12, Station 124Covington Garden Club
November 11, 2007Bayou Plaquemine Waterfront ParkPlaquemine Garden Club
November 11, 2008Hwy Bus 61, 305 River Rd. S, In front of the USS KiddBaton Rouge Garden Club
November 11, 2008Veterans Blvd between Florida Blvd and Range AveDenham Springs Garden Club
1960Hwy 190 West at Tourist Information Center (Exit 19B from I-49)Opelousas Garden Club
Nov.11 1964Hwy 171 at Washington St.DeRidder Gardenettes
Nov.11 1966Hwy 27 at Roselawn Cemetery (Exit 20 from I-10)Town & Country and Sulphur Garden Club
May 28, 1994LA Hwy 103 (Exit 25 from I-49)Washington Garden Club
November 11, 1998LA Hwy 383 City Hall Complex, IowaIowa Garden Club
November 11, 2000LA Hwy 90 at Tourist Center, Lake Charles
(remounted after Hurricane Rita - 2005) photo
Lake Charles and Diggers & Weeders Garden Club of Lake Charles
May 15, 2004Hwy 90 at 250 West Laurel; Post Office, EuniceBulb and Blossom Garden Club
October 2, 2004Hwy 165 - 4th St. at the Gazebo, KinderSpade & Hope Garden Club
November 10, 2006City Hall, 126 E. Main St. Ville PlatteMagnolia Garden Club
May 26, 2007SW Intersection of LA Hwy 13 and Interstate 10Crowley Garden Club
Nov 1968Hwy 167/71, MacArthur Dr. at Richard AvenueAlexandria and Airview Terrace Garden Club
April 1, 1996101 West Lee St., LeesvilleSponsored by the Alexandria Garden Club
October 25, 2000LA Hwy 1- Clarence Edwards ParkMarksville Garden Club
December 7, 2009Alexandria Air Force BaseAlexandria Garden Club
April 12, 2011LGCF, Inc. Headquarters, 1606 Water St., LecompteLGCF, Inc. 75th Anniversary (1934 - 2009)

Maine

The history of Blue Star Memorial Highways in Maine, according to Maine Garden Clubs:

• 1946 — Garden Club Federation of Maine adopts program.

• 1947 — U.S. Route 1 designated as Maine's Blue Star Memorial Highway. This covered 546 miles from Fort Kent to Kittery.

• 1957 — U.S. Route 1 and U.S. 1-A, starting at the junction of Route 1A and 1 in Stockton Springs and extending via Bangor and Brewer to the junction of Route 1A and 1 in Ellsworth, are designated as Blue Star Memorial Highways.

• 1972 — U.S. Route 2, including Skowhegan, and state Route 3, are designated Blue Star Memorial Highways. This gave Maine 952 miles of Blue Star Memorial Highway.

• 1974 — State Route 157 and U.S. Route 201, from the junction of Route 1 at Brunswick to the Canadian border near Jackman, is designated a Blue Star Memorial Highway, giving Maine a total of 1171.6 miles of designated highway.

• 1981 — The new entrance to Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Augusta is designated a Blue Star Memorial Highway.

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Nebraska

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

A paved blue star and historical marker at the southbound I-95 Welcome Center in Pleasant Hill, NC SB I-95 NC Welcome Ctr; Blue Star Memorial.jpg
A paved blue star and historical marker at the southbound I-95 Welcome Center in Pleasant Hill, NC
I-77 rest area, near Mooresville, NC Blue Star Highway, Statesville, NC, US.jpg
I-77 rest area, near Mooresville, NC
Milepost 41 Westbound Buncombe/Henderson County Rest Area (dedicated on July 18, 2008). [22]
Milepost 68 Westbound Welcome Center. [22]
Milepost 82 Westbound McDowell County Rest Area. [22]
Milepost 136 Eastbound Catawba County Rest Area. [22]
Milepost 364 Duplin County Rest Area (dedicated on April 6, 2005). [22]
Milepost 105 Southbound Welcome Center (dedicated on July 21, 2006). [22]
Milepost 181 Southbound Welcome Center. [22]
15th Avenue Place SE, in Hickory. [22]
New Hamlet Senior Center, in Hamlet (dedicated on October 18, 1984). [22]
Hay Street at Freedom Memorial Park, in Fayetteville (dedicated on March 3, 1956). [22]
Milepost 282 Northwest Visitor Center (dedicated on September 14, 2010). [23] [24]
Near City Hall towards Camp Lejeune, in Jacksonville (dedicated on May 27, 1984). [22]

Oklahoma

Oregon

Milwaukie, Oregon Milwaukie-Bay-Park.jpg
Milwaukie, Oregon

Pennsylvania

At the Sideling Hill rest area Sideling Hill Tpk Blue Star Highway sign jeh.jpg
At the Sideling Hill rest area
Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker - Media PA Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker Media PA 07042020.jpg
Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker - Media PA

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Milepost 0 Eastbound Welcome Center. [29]
Milepost 92 Eastbound Kershaw County Rest Area. [29]
Milepost 89 Southbound Welcome Center. [29]
Milepost 0 Northbound Welcome Center. [29]
Milepost 103 Southbound Welcome Center. [29]
At the northbound I-95 South Carolina Welcome Center in Hardeeville, South Carolina. I-95 NB South Carolina Welcome Center-9.JPG
At the northbound I-95 South Carolina Welcome Center in Hardeeville, South Carolina.
Milepost 4 Northbound Welcome Center. [29]
Milepost 194 Southbound Welcome Center. [29]
At York Street and Richland Avenue intersection, in Aiken. [29]
West end of the Gervais Street Bridge, in Columbia. [29]
On South Carolina State Capital grounds, in Columbia. [29]
Near Sesquicentennial State Park entrance, north of Columbia. [29]
At Hampton Park, in Camden. [29]
SC 151 intersection, in McBee (dedicated on April 14, 1953; rededicated on May 23, 2011); it was the sixth established blue star in the state. [30] [31]
Near North Carolina state line, in Chesterfield County. [32]

Tennessee

Virginia Blue Star Memorial Highway. Virginia Blue Star.JPG
Virginia Blue Star Memorial Highway.

Texas

Virginia

Milepost 0 Northbound Carroll County Rest Area (dedicated on May 30, 2005). [35]
Milepost 0 Northbound Greensville County Rest Area. [36]

Washington

Long Lake Garden Club in Port Orchard maintains a Blue Star marker at Retsil Veterans Home and Hospital in Port Orchard

Wyoming

Routes in Wyoming designated as Blue Star Memorial Highways include Interstate 25 (markers at Southeast Wyoming Information Center, exit 4, and at Chugwater Rest Area, exit 54), Interstate 80 (marker at Ft. Steele Rest Area, exit 228), I-25 Business Route through Douglas (marker near downtown on Yellowstone Highway), U.S. Route 85 (marker at Mule Creek Jct. Rest Area, mile marker 196). Blue Star Memorial markers are also located in Cody, Riverton and Worland.

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U.S. Route 23 (US 23) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that travels from Jacksonville, Florida, to Mackinaw City, Michigan. In the U.S. state of Tennessee, the highway travels 57.48 miles (92.51 km) in the northeastern part of the state from the North Carolina state line at Sam's Gap in the Bald Mountains to the Virginia state line in Kingsport. The entire route in Tennessee is a four-lane controlled-access highway and is concurrent with Interstate 26 (I-26) for most of its length. The freeway is also designated the James H. Quillen Parkway for its entire length in Tennessee. US 23 in Tennessee is part of Corridor B of the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) and serves as a major thoroughfare in the Tri-Cities region of the state. Although I-26 is technically an east–west route, the highway predominantly travels in a north–south alignment in the state. The highway reaches a maximum elevation of 3,760 feet (1,150 m) at the North Carolina state line, which is the highest elevation on the Interstate Highway System east of the Mississippi River.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Florida State Road 546</span> U.S. state highway

State Road 546 (SR 546) is a 5.837-mile-long (9.394 km) state highway in Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, that runs from Interstate 4 (I-4) to U.S. Route 92 (US 92) and SR 600. SR 546 is only signed for the first 1.731 miles (2.786 km), after which it is concurrent with US 92.

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