Blue Star Memorial Highway

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.

List of Blue Star Memorials

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Alabama

Scenic Highway 98, Baldwin County starting at Montrose–Daphne city line and traveling north through Montrose
- Sponsored by the Montrose Garden Club
- Dedicated April 18, 2015 in a ceremony held at Knights of Columbus Hall
US 31 just north of Prattville

Alaska

Marker in Anchor Point, Alaska

Sterling Highway, marker at Anchor Point, the westernmost point on the North American contiguous highway system.^[3]

California

SR 58 in Southern California^[4]
SR 211, in Humboldt County; marker at Veterans Memorial Building, 1100 Main Street, Ferndale.^[2]
US 101 at Trinidad in Humboldt County; markers at both north and south bound Trinidad rest areas between miles 728 and 731.^[2]
SR 62 in Southern California from the Arizona state line to I-10.

Colorado

US 40 in Lakewood^[5] Marker at Abbie Duston Roadside Park.

Delaware

US 13 at the Smyrna Rest Area and in Seaford.^[6]

Florida

US 92 at the intersection with CR 579 on Kennedy Hill in front of the Hardee's Restaurant between the towns of Thonotosassa, Seffner, and Mango.^[7]
US 41 in Palmetto.
US 1, Key Largo

Georgia

I-95 at the Georgia Welcome center near Savannah.^[8]
SR 13 (Buford Highway) between Rest Haven and Buford
Lumpkin Street near the University of Georgia

Illinois

IL 43 (South Harlem Avenue) at the intersection of Will County Route 74 (West Laraway Road) in Frankfort in 1980.^[9]
95th Street & Cook Avenue in Oak Lawn; Across from Oak Lawn Village Library.^[10]

Indiana

US 31 Business in Peru at the southwest Intersection with River Road.
I-70 eastbound rest area near Plainfield.^[11]
US 50 in Jackson County, on the northwest area of Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge.^[12]

Iowa

I-29 north of Council Bluffs; marker was originally placed along US 75 in 1955.^[13]

Kentucky

Barkley Regional Airport, 2901 Fisher Road (West Paducah; Open Gate Garden Club, Paducah.^[14]

Louisiana

Date	Location^[15]	Sponsor
Feb. 25 1955	Fort Pike State Park Off Hwy 90, New Orleans	New Orleans Federated Council of Garden Clubs
Nov. 14 1972	Chef Menteur Hwy. (Hwy. 90) at Michoud Blvd., New Orleans	Les Belles Fleures Garden Club
Dec. 2 1972	Gen. DeGaulle Dr. In median at Mardi Gras Blvd.(West Bank)	Algiers, Aurora, and Buena Vista Garden Clubs
Nov. 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
Oct. 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.
Nov. 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
Sept. 11 2002	Parterre Memorial Gardens in Lafreniere Park, Metairie	District II Garden Clubs
Nov 6 2010	North End of Hwy 3134, (Intersect w/Barataria Blvd,) Marrero	Jefferson Parish Council of Garden Clubs
Nov 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
Nov 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
Dec. 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
Nov. 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
Nov. 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
Nov. 13 2003	Convention & Visitors Bureau Hwy. 14, Iberia Parish	New Iberia Garden Club
Nov 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
Nov. 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
Oct. 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
Nov. 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
Nov. 11 1994	LA Hwy 84, Tourist Center	Vidalia Garden Club
May 15, 2007	Hwy 84 at Bayou Cocodrie Welcome Sign	Ferriday Garden Club
Nov. 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 36/22 St Tammany Fire District 12, Station 124	Covington Garden Club
Nov. 11 2007	Bayou Plaquemine Waterfront Park	Plaquemine Garden Club
Nov. 11 2008	Hwy Bus 61, 305 River Rd. S, In front of the USS Kidd	Baton Rouge Garden Club
Nov. 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
Nov. 11 1998	LA Hwy 383 City Hall Complex, Iowa	Iowa Garden Club
Nov. 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
Oct. 2 2004	Hwy 165 - 4th St. at the Gazebo, Kinder	Spade & Hope Garden Club
Nov. 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
Oct. 25 2000	LA Hwy 1- Clarence Edwards Park	Marksville Garden Club
Dec 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)

Maine

The Maine Turnpike (Interstate 95) in all of Maine.

Maryland

U.S. Route 301 in all of Maryland^[6]

Massachusetts

Interstate 495 and State Route 25, extending from I-95 close to the New Hampshire state line in Salisbury to Cape Cod. I-495 (Salisbury to Wareham portion) is the second-longest auxiliary Interstate Highway in the U.S.

Michigan

U.S. Route 31^[16]

New Hampshire

Interstate 95 throughout the state.^[17] There is a marker at the rest area in Seabrook just beyond the state line.

New Jersey

U.S. Route 22 from Mountainside to North Plainfield
County Route 632 aka Ridgedale Avenue from East Hanover, Morris County.
North side of NJ 70 (John Davison Rockefeller Highway), just west of Chairville Road, Medford Township 08055

New York

Niagara Section of the New York State Thruway, Interstate 190, adjacent to the toll plaza for the northbound South Grand Island Bridge
New Rochelle at intersection of Main Street and Pratt Street. Fanneuil Park across the street from the New Rochelle Armory.
Brewster at the historic Brewster Metro-North station clock on the triangle at US 6 (Main Street) and Railroad Avenue.^[18]

North Carolina

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

Interstate 26, throughout state (approved on October 4, 1968).^[19]

Milepost 41 – Westbound Buncombe/Henderson County Rest Area (dedicated on July 18, 2008).^[20]

Milepost 68 – Westbound Welcome Center.^[20]

Interstate 40, throughout state (approved on May 5, 1967).^[19]

Milepost 82 – Westbound McDowell County Rest Area.^[20]

Milepost 136 – Eastbound Catawba County Rest Area.^[20]

Milepost 364 – Duplin County Rest Area (dedicated on April 6, 2005).^[20]

Interstate 77, throughout state.^[20]

Milepost 105 – Southbound Welcome Center (dedicated on July 21, 2006).^[20]

Interstate 85, throughout state (approved on May 5, 1967).^[19]
Interstate 95, throughout state (approved on June 13, 1980).^[19]

Milepost 181 – Southbound Welcome Center.^[20]

U.S. Route 17, from Wilmington to Elizabeth City (approved on November 28, 1949).^[19]
U.S. Route 64, from Tennessee state line to Williamston (approved on March 6, 1950).^[19]
U.S. Route 70, throughout state.^[19]

15th Avenue Place SE, in Hickory.^[20]

U.S. Route 74 Business from Rockingham to Hamlet (approved on April 20, 1984).^[19]

New Hamlet Senior Center, in Hamlet (dedicated on October 18, 1984).^[20]

U.S. Route 158, from Mocksville to Roanoke Rapids (approved on April 6, 1976).^[19]
U.S. Route 158, from Roanoke Rapids to Elizabeth City (approved on May 4, 1972).^[19]
U.S. Route 158, from Elizabeth City to Nags Head (approved on November 28, 1949).^[19]
U.S. Route 301, throughout state (approved on April 28, 1949).^[19]

Hay Street at Freedom Memorial Park, in Fayetteville (dedicated on March 3, 1956).^[20]

U.S. Route 421, in Wilkes County.^[21]

Milepost 282 – Northwest Visitor Center (dedicated on September 14, 2010).^[21]^[22]

North Carolina Highway 24, in Jacksonville (approved on April 20, 1984).^[19]

Near City Hall towards Camp Lejeune, in Jacksonville (dedicated on May 27, 1984).^[20]

Oklahoma

Blue Star Memorial By-Way, dedicated by the Dogwood Garden Club of Red Fork, Oklahoma to recognize military personnel for their service to the United States of America and the many service men and women have passed through Tulsa during their time in defending the country. Location: Route 66 Historical Village, 3770 Southwest Blvd, Tulsa, Oklahoma
www.route66village.org^[23]

Oregon

Blue Star Memorial Rose Garden, Veterans Administration Healthcare System, Roseburg, Oregon. Location: Interstate 5, Garden Valley Blvd exit, west on Garden Valley. left(South) on Centennial Dr.-VA Roseburg entrance. Blue Star Memorial is located on the corner of Centennial Dr & NW Veterans Way.
Washburne Wayside, Highway 99W, north of Junction City.^[24]

Pennsylvania

At the Sideling Hill rest area

At most service areas along the Pennsylvania Turnpike, Interstate 76^[25]

Rhode Island

Dedication held on 8/10/2013. Portsmouth Free Public Library, 2658 East Main Road, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
(First Town in Rhode Island to place a Blue Star Memorial Marker.)

South Carolina

Interstate 20, throughout state.

Milepost 0 – Eastbound Welcome Center.^[26]

Milepost 92 – Eastbound Kershaw County Rest Area.^[26]

Interstate 77, throughout state.

Milepost 89 – Southbound Welcome Center.^[26]

Interstate 85, throughout state.

Milepost 0 – Northbound Welcome Center.^[26]

Milepost 103 – Southbound Welcome Center.^[26]

At the northbound I-95 South Carolina Welcome Center in Hardeeville, South Carolina.

Interstate 95, throughout state.

Milepost 4 – Northbound Welcome Center.^[26]

Milepost 194 – Southbound Welcome Center.^[26]

U.S. Route 1, throughout state.

At York Street and Richland Avenue intersection, in Aiken.^[26]

West end of the Gervais Street Bridge, in Columbia.^[26]

On South Carolina State Capital grounds, in Columbia.^[26]

Near Sesquicentennial State Park entrance, north of Columbia.^[26]

At Hampton Park, in Camden.^[26]

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.^[27]^[28]

Near North Carolina state line, in Chesterfield County.^[29]

Tennessee

U.S. Route 45 West in Gibson County, Tennessee^[30]
U.S. Route 25 West in Cove Lake State Park in Campbell County, Tennessee^[30]
U.S. Route 641 within Henry County, Tennessee^[30]

Virginia Blue Star Memorial Highway.

Virginia

Interstate 77

Milepost 0 – Northbound Carroll County Rest Area (dedicated on May 30, 2005).^[31]

Interstate 95

Milepost 0 – Northbound Greensville County Rest Area.^[32]

U.S. Route 1 in Fairfax County^[33]
Virginia State Route 3 in Lancaster County (effective on July 1, 2011).^[34]^[35]
U.S. Route 301 from the Maryland State Line to Business U.S. Route 301 north of Bowling Green; thence via Business U.S. Route 301 to U.S. Route 301 south of Bowling Green and via Richmond, Colonial Heights, Petersburg and Emporia to the North Carolina State Line. (General Assembly 2-24-48) http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/route-index-07012003.pdf
U.S. Route 15 in Fluvanna County, on the campus of Fork Union Military Academy.

Washington

Old Pacific Highway, Vancouver, Washington, United States. Oldest and newest (having been removed, restored and re-dedicated) Blue Star Memorial Highway Memorial Marker in state of Washington. Located at Covington House.
Gateway Park, Interstate 90, Otis Orchards, Washington, United States. Rest stop and park on the Washington side of the Idaho/Washington state line on Interstate 90. Sign located East of the buildings toward the car parking.
Green Lake Park, N. 69th Street and Aurora Avenue North on east side of highway,Seattle Washington, USA. Restored Blue Star Memorial Highway Memorial Marker.
Veterans' Hospital on Beacon Hill, Seattle, Washington, USA. New Blue Star Memorial Marker dedicated on August 5, 2016 at the garden main entrance to the Hospital by the Greater Seattle and Chinook Districts of the Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs and affiliate of the National Garden Clubs, Inc.

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. WYDOT Public Affairs Office, Cheyenne, WY

References

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1 2 3 George Unrine & Judy Laird, Blue Star Memorial Highways & Byways, California Garden Clubs, Inc.
↑ Morris Communications, The Milepost, 59th edition, page 635, ISBN 978-189215421-7
↑ "2008 Named Freeways, Highways, Structures and Other Appurtenances in California" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
↑ Waymarking.com. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
1 2 "History and Current Status of: The Blue Star Memorial Highways". National Remember our Troops Campaign. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
↑ "Blue Star Locations by State". National Garden Clubs, Inc. 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
↑ "Blue Star Memorial Highway I". Georgia Historical Society. 2008. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
↑ http://www.gardenclub.org/projects/ongoing-projects/blue-star-memorials. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "Oak Lawn Garden Club". May 1963.
↑ "I-70 eastbound rest stop near Plainfield Indiana exit - Blue Star Memorial Highway Markers on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
↑ "Blue Star Memorial - US 50 - North Vernon, IN - Blue Star Memorial Highway Markers on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
↑ "New Home for Blue Star Markers". INSIDE. Iowa Department of Transportation. January 2009. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
↑ Barkley Regional Airport
↑ Louisiana Garden Club Federation, Inc. keeps the official list of all Louisiana Blue Star Memorial Highways and Markers
↑ Michigan Department of Transportation list of memorial highways
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↑ DanTD (June 24, 2016). File:Brewster MNRR station-011.jpg (photograph). Retrieved July 19, 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "North Carolina Memorial Highways and other Named Facilities" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-06-19.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "NCDOT: NC Blue Star Memorial Marker Locations". Retrieved 2011-06-19.
1 2 "The Record". Retrieved 2011-06-19.
↑ "Tarheel Guardsmen December 2010/January 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-06-19.
↑ http://www.route66village.org
↑ Visited.
↑ "Historical Marker Database". Hmdb.org. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "South Carolina Garden Club - Blue Star Memorial Program". Retrieved November 22, 2012.
↑ "SCnow.com: Garden Club dedicates Blue Star Marker". Retrieved 2011-06-19.
↑ "The South Carolina Garden Club, Inc.". Retrieved 2011-06-19.
↑ "Waymarking.com - US 1 Blue Star, Marlboro County". Retrieved 2011-06-19.
1 2 3 Tennessee Code, Title 54, Chapter 5, Part 10, Section 54-5-1001
↑ "Virginia.org". Virginia.org. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
↑ "Flickr: Blue Star Memorial Highway - Skippers, Virginia". 2010-07-30. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
↑ Virginia DOT Press Release, Oct. 4, 2005
↑ "SB 780: Recordation and Grantor Taxes" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-27.
↑ "HB 1735 Blue Star Memorial Highway; designates entire length of Route 3 in Lancaster County.". Retrieved 2011-12-27.

External links

Media related to Blue Star Memorial Highway at Wikimedia Commons
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Caltrans - Blue Star Memorial Highways
Federal Highway Administration - Blue Star Memorial Highways
Traveling Along Blue Star Highway in Michigan - Blue Star Memorial Highways
History and Current Status of: The Blue Star Memorial Highways

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