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.
It has been suggested that this section be split out into another articletitled List of Blue Star Memorial Highway markers . (Discuss) (April 2024) |
2/21/1950 | Terre Haute | H1 |
2/21/1950 | Centerville | H1 |
12/11/1950 | G.C. of Indiana | H3 |
8/12/1953 | Indiana State G.C. | ? |
5/3/1971 | Indiana G.C. | H2 |
1/7/1974 | Garden Clubs of Indiana | H1 |
6/7/1978 | Garden Clubs of Indiana | H2 |
7/16/1979 | G.C. of Indiana, Inc. | H1 |
7/16/1979 | G.C. of Indiana, Inc. – Southeast District | H1 |
9/28/1979 | G.C. of Indiana, Inc. – Northwest District | H1 |
5/12/1980 | G.C. of Indiana, Inc. – Central District | H1 |
12/18/1982 | G.C. of Indiana, Inc. – Southwest District | H2 |
4/18/1985 | New Castle G.C. | B1 |
4/18/1985 | Brown County G.C., Nashville, IN | B1 |
12/9/1987 | Hobart G.C., Hobart | B1 |
4/29/1991 | Southbend G.C., Southbend | H1 |
6/20/1991 | G.C. of Indiana, Inc., Pendleton | H1 |
4/3/1992 | G.C. of Indiana, Inc., Indianapolis | B1 |
5/31/1996 | Plainfield G.C., Danville | B1 |
2/13/1997 | Marengo G.C., Hardinsburg | B1 |
3/9/1998 | G.C. of Indiana, Inc., Indianapolis | B1 |
8/24/1998 | Dyer G.C., Dyer | B1 |
1/18/1999 | Dirt Diggers G.C., Paoli | B1 |
1/28/1999 | Flower Lane G.C., Columbus | B1 |
3/4/1999 | G.C. of Indiana, Inc., Hardinsburg | H1 |
3/22/2000 | G.C. of Indiana, Inc. | B1 |
1/8/2001 | Peru G.C. | B1 |
6/12/2002 | Come into the Garden | B1 |
5/19/2003 | Terrace G.C. | B1 |
7/21/2004 | Cultivating G.C. | H1 |
2/10/2005 | G.C. of Marion | H1 |
5/6/2005 | Central District of IN | H1 |
10/11/2005 | G.C. of Indiana, Inc., District II | B1 |
12/22/2008 | Vale of Paradise, Valpariso | H1 |
7/13/2009 | Portage G.C., Gilbert Park, Portage, IN | B1 |
1/10/2012 | Westwood G.C., VFW Post 1114, Evansville | B 1 |
4/30/2012 | G.C. of Indiana, S. Dan Jones Rd., Avon | H 1 |
6/22/2013 | Gibson County Fairgrounds, Princeton/Green Thumb Garden Club of Princeton, Inc. | M1 |
8/1/2013 | Lincoln State Park, Lincoln City/ Christmas Lake Village GC | B1 |
9/14/2013 | Black River Rest Area on I-64 near Griff, Princeton/ Green Thumb GC of Princeton, Inc. | H1 |
9/14/2013 | Gibson County Fairgrounds, Princeton/ Green Thumb GC of Princeton, Inc. | M1 |
6/1/2014 | Veterans Memorial Park, 303 W. Henry St., Syracuse/ Syracuse-Wawasee GC | B1 |
11/1/2014 | Eastside Park, Eastside Park Dr., Washington/ Washington Arts & Flowers GC | B1 |
11/9/2014 | Courthouse Square; Hwy 46-Greensburg/ Give un Take & Greensburg Nightbloomer GC's | H1 |
7/1/2015 | Hobart Historical Society, 706 E. 4th St., Hobart/ Hobart Garden Club | B1 |
3/2/2016 | 200 W. Main St., Winamac IN/Iris-Elm GC | BBy-Way/1 |
4/11/2016 | Civic Center, 200 Block Main St., Sullivan IN/Sullivan County Garden Club IN | BBy-Way/1 |
4/20/2016 | 9301 Madison-Crown Point, IN/North West District/ The Garden Club of Indiana, Inc. | BMemorial/1 |
4/19/2016 | 1 Matter Park Circle, Marion IN/ The Garden Club of Marion IN | BBy-Way/1 |
6/16/2016 | Corner of Manor Ave. & Ridge Rd., Munster IN/ North West District; Munster Garden Club | BBy-Way/1 |
6/16/2016 | R.L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, 1481 W 10th St., Indianapolis IN/ The Garden Club of Indiana; Indiana's2016 Bicentennial | BMemorial/1 |
4/12/2017 | Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Elkhart IN/The Four Winds Garden Club | BBy-Way/1 |
7/23/2017 | Gateway Drive/HWY 50 East along sidewalk(east)/ Washington Arts & Flowers Garden Club | Bhighway/1 |
7/23/2017 | Crown Point Courthouse Square – Corner of Court & Joliet St – SW of Lake County Court House, Crown Point IN | BBy-Way/1 |
5/5/2019 | Clay Township Government Center, 10701 Twp. Gov. Center, Indianapolis IN 46280/Broad Ripple Garden Club | BHighway/1 |
Fall/2020 | Boonville Courthouse, Courthouse Square, Boonville, IN/ Boonville GC, The Garden Club of Indiana, Inc | BBy-Way/1 |
5/31/2021 | Wolf Lake Memorial Park, 2324 Calumet Ave., Hammond, IN/ The GC of IN, Inc, NW District | GMemorial/1 |
Smith Center Garden Club National Garden Clubs Roadside Park
Date | Location [17] | Sponsor |
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February 25, 1955 | Fort Pike State Park Off Hwy 90, New Orleans | New Orleans Federated Council of Garden Clubs |
November 14, 1972 | Chef Menteur Hwy. (Hwy. 90) at Michoud Blvd., New Orleans | Les Belles Fleures Garden Club |
December 2, 1972 | Gen. DeGaulle Dr. In median at Mardi Gras Blvd.(West Bank) | Algiers, Aurora, and Buena Vista Garden Clubs |
November 14, 1972 | Gentilly Blvd. (Hwy. 90) In median at Gentilly Woods Shopping Center, New Orleans | Pontchartrain Garden Club |
March 2, 1996 | St. Bernard Hwy, (LA 46) Dela Ronde Home Ruins, Chalmette (lost in Katrina - August 2005) | Green Thumb Garden Club |
March 2, 1996 | St. Bernard Hwy. (LA 46) Arabi | Green Thumb Garden Club |
Nov 1997 | Judge Perez Dr. at Culture Center, Chalmette (lost in Katrina - August 2005) | Green Thumb Garden Club |
April 26, 2002 | City Park Botanical Gardens by the Flag Pole | Federated Council of New Orleans Garden Clubs |
October 19, 2008 | Hwy 23/Belle Chase Hwy Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (NAS/JRB) | District I & II |
June 6, 2010 | The National WWII Museum, 1001 Magazine St., New Orleans | "Freedom Isn't Free" Project, LGCF, Inc. |
November 11, 2010 | Hwy 23/Bell | Creative Planters Garden Club |
April 11, 1961 | International Airport, New Orleans. Original Lost; Replaced on August 22, 2011 | Jefferson Parish Council of Garden Clubs, Inc. |
1973 | Jefferson Hwy LaBarre Rd. New Orleans | Jefferson Parish Council of Garden Clubs, Inc. |
1973 | Bridge City-West Bank (Hwy. 90) at foot of Huey P. Long Bridge | Jefferson Parish Council of Garden Clubs, Inc. |
Nov.11 1996 | Franklin Ave. at Stumpf Blvd. West Bank, Gretna | Twilight Gardeners Association, Gretna |
September 11, 2002 | Parterre Memorial Gardens in Lafreniere Park, Metairie | District II Garden Clubs |
November 6, 2010 | North End of Hwy 3134, (Intersect w/Barataria Blvd,) Marrero | Jefferson Parish Council of Garden Clubs |
November 6, 2010 | 799 Jean Lafitte Blvd, Jean Lafitte | Better Swamps & Garden Club |
April 6, 2011 | Kenner Veteran's Park, 1901 Williams Blvd, Kenner | Chateux Estates Garden Club |
May 6, 2011 | Argonne St. & Transcontinental Ave., Metairie | Petals of North Bridgedale Garden Club |
November 10, 2011 | Veterans Memorial Blvd and North Causeway Blvd, Metairie | Jefferson Parish Council of Garden Clubs, Inc. |
March 20, 2012 | 400 Block of Terry Parkway, Terrytown | Terrytown Garden Club |
December 3, 1966 | Hwy. 90 at Brashear Ave. In median with Eternal Flame | Morgan City Garden Club |
March 11, 1967 | Evangeline Thru-way at Tourist Information Center | Lafayette Garden Club |
November 1966 | Hwy. 90/182, New Orleans Blvd. | Terrebonne Garden Club |
May 25, 1998 | Hwy. 90 at South-East Blvd. | Bayou Vista Garden Club |
April 24, 1999 | LA1 at Nicholls State University, Thibodaux | Thibodaux Garden Club |
November 11, 1999 | Hwy. 90 at Hwy. 182, Entrance to City at Tourist Center | Patterson Garden Club |
June 28, 2000 | Hwy. 90/Service Rd., St. Mary Parish Tourist Center | Franklin Garden Club |
November 11, 2000 | LA Hwy. 96, Parish Building, 301 West Port St. | St. Martinville Garden Club |
June 4, 2002 | Jackson St. at West 10th St. Chaisson Park | Thibodaux Garden Club |
May 27, 2002 | 1010 Main St. Sugar City Plaza, Jeanerette | New Iberia Garden Club |
November 13, 2003 | Convention & Visitors Bureau Hwy. 14, Iberia Parish | New Iberia Garden Club |
November 10, 2004 | Patterson City Hall, Hwy 182 | Patterson Garden Club |
July 4, 2004 | Veterans Park - Berard St., Breaux Bridge | Breaux Bridge Garden Club |
May 9, 2005 | City Hall, Loreauville | Azalea Garden Club |
May 29, 2005 | City Hall Grounds on Main St. | Gueydan Garden Club |
April 26, 2009 | Hwy 182, 300 Patti Dr., Berwick Civic Center | Berwick Garden Club |
Welcome Center at 1-20, Shreveport West | Shreveport Federated Garden Clubs | |
November 11, 1978 | Hwy 1 at entrance to LSU- Shreveport | Pierremont Hills Garden Club |
Hwy 71 South 8 miles from Arkansas State Line | Hosston Garden Study Club | |
April 7, 1974 | Old Minden Rd. at Benton Rd. | Bossier City Garden Club |
October 27, 2003 | Turner's Pond by Lakeview United Methodist Church, Lake Shore Dr., Minden | Town & Country Garden Club |
Unknown | Hwy 165, Bastrop | Bastrop Garden Club |
June 1952 | Roadside Park Hwy. 167 North | Ruston Garden Club |
November 11, 1954 | Hwy 15 & Loop Rd. Roadside Park | Winnsboro Garden Club |
March 1, 1957 | Hwy 15, Wisner | Wisner Garden Club |
1987 | Hwy 17, Epps | Epps Garden Club |
1970's | Hwy 17 at Hwy. 80, Delhi | Delhi Garden Club |
May 30, 1968 | Hwy 165, West Monroe of the Twin Cities | Welcome Garden Club |
May 30, 1968 | Hwy 34 South, Monroe | Monroe Garden Club |
November 11, 1994 | LA Hwy 84, Tourist Center | Vidalia Garden Club |
May 15, 2007 | Hwy 84 at Bayou Cocodrie Welcome Sign | Ferriday Garden Club |
November 6, 2007 | Hwy 167 South, Jonesboro | Jonesboro Hodge Garden Club |
May 15, 1956 | Old Spanish Trail in median at Pontchartrain Dr. & Carey St. | Bayou Liberty Garden Club |
1965 | Hwy.61 at Florida Blvd./Airline (Cortana Mall) (destroyed) | Baton Rouge Garden Club |
April 1963 | Hwy I-55 Tourist Information Center, Hammond | Pine Cone Garden Club |
November 1989 | Cate Square Park | Hammond Garden Club |
July 1, 2006 | Independence Blvd. | Baton Rouge Garden Club |
May 31, 2004 | Hwy 16 at City Hall | Stem & Stamen Garden Club |
July 4, 2007 | Corner of Pine St. and the RailRoad | Ponchatoula Gardenetts and Community Garden Club |
October 27, 2007 | Hwy 36/21 St Tammany Fire District 12, Station 124 | Covington Garden Club |
November 11, 2007 | Bayou Plaquemine Waterfront Park | Plaquemine Garden Club |
November 11, 2008 | Hwy Bus 61, 305 River Rd. S, In front of the USS Kidd | Baton Rouge Garden Club |
November 11, 2008 | Veterans Blvd between Florida Blvd and Range Ave | Denham Springs Garden Club |
1960 | Hwy 190 West at Tourist Information Center (Exit 19B from I-49) | Opelousas Garden Club |
Nov.11 1964 | Hwy 171 at Washington St. | DeRidder Gardenettes |
Nov.11 1966 | Hwy 27 at Roselawn Cemetery (Exit 20 from I-10) | Town & Country and Sulphur Garden Club |
May 28, 1994 | LA Hwy 103 (Exit 25 from I-49) | Washington Garden Club |
November 11, 1998 | LA Hwy 383 City Hall Complex, Iowa | Iowa Garden Club |
November 11, 2000 | LA 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, 2004 | Hwy 90 at 250 West Laurel; Post Office, Eunice | Bulb and Blossom Garden Club |
October 2, 2004 | Hwy 165 - 4th St. at the Gazebo, Kinder | Spade & Hope Garden Club |
November 10, 2006 | City Hall, 126 E. Main St. Ville Platte | Magnolia Garden Club |
May 26, 2007 | SW Intersection of LA Hwy 13 and Interstate 10 | Crowley Garden Club |
Nov 1968 | Hwy 167/71, MacArthur Dr. at Richard Avenue | Alexandria and Airview Terrace Garden Club |
April 1, 1996 | 101 West Lee St., Leesville | Sponsored by the Alexandria Garden Club |
October 25, 2000 | LA Hwy 1- Clarence Edwards Park | Marksville Garden Club |
December 7, 2009 | Alexandria Air Force Base | Alexandria Garden Club |
April 12, 2011 | LGCF, Inc. Headquarters, 1606 Water St., Lecompte | LGCF, Inc. 75th Anniversary (1934 - 2009) |
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.
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