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National Memorial Day Concert

American Gold Star Mothers

American Gold Star Mothers is an organization of mothers who have lost a child in military service. It began during World War I with its founder, Grace Darling Seibold, who began visiting service members returning home to hospitals as a means of coping with her sorrow, after her son George was reported missing in France.

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A person in uniform plays an instrument in front of the Capitol building.
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Watch the National Memorial Day Concert, an American tradition honoring the military service of our troops, veterans, wounded warriors, all those who have given their lives for our nation, and their families.
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