Sunday, September 27, 2026, is Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day — always the last Sunday of September. American Legion Post 38 in Floresville, Texas, marks the day with the Nation: a Sunday set aside for the families who lost a son, a daughter, a spouse, a parent, or a sibling in the service of the United States.
The gold star began as a practice of the First World War. Families hung a service banner in the window: a white field with a red border, and a blue star for each member in uniform. When a service member died, the blue star was covered or replaced by a gold one. The banner was not decoration. It was a public accounting of a private loss, readable from the street.
On June 23, 1936, a joint resolution of Congress designated the last Sunday in September as Gold Star Mother's Day. The observance now honors Gold Star mothers and Gold Star families — mothers, fathers, spouses, children, siblings, and others who live with that gold star. American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., grew from that same generation. Fathers belong to the day as surely as mothers do. The last Sunday of September is theirs.
Among our neighbors in Floresville and Wilson County are households that have set a gold star in the window, or that still set a place at the table. Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day belongs to them. Taking care of those families is how a Post says it locally — a visit, a meal, a ride, a chair at Post 38. A Buddy Check is ordinary looking-after: a phone call, a saved seat at the second-Thursday meeting or the third-Thursday Tailgate, a check on a family that has carried more than most.
Sunday, September 27, is also a Scout Sunday at the Hall, 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. The Gold Star observance is national; the Scout meeting is already on the calendar. Fly the flag. Look in on a family. Keep the Hall a place where service, and the cost of service, are both named.
Post 38 – We Honor the Families Who Gave More Than We Can Repay.