GOLD STAR MOMS PLACE WREATH ON TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER IN PARIS
Paris (JFK+50) On May 28, 1925, Associated Press reports that "a group of American gold star mothers*...placed a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier** yesterday afternoon."
The American ladies' ranks had been "slightly depleted," however, by "attacks of grippe." They were accompanied by French women representing the Souvenir Francais Association which AP describes as "sisters in sorrow."
*gold star mothers lost sons or daughters in the service of the United States.
**Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris, France is located beneath the Arc de Triomphe in honor of French soldiers who died in WWI. It includes a "Flame of Remembrance" which burns constantly.
JFK+50 NOTE
JFK's brother, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., was killed in WWII so Rose Kennedy was a gold star mother. Jacqueline Kennedy wanted an 'Eternal Flame' for JFK's grave in Arlington National Cemetery based on the French Flame of Remembrance in Paris.
SOURCE
"Americans Honor French 'Unknown', The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., May 28, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
