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The American War Mothers was founded in 1917 and given a Congressional charter on February 24, 1925. It is a perpetual patriotic, 501(c) 4 non-profit, non-political, non-sectarian, non-partisan organization whose members are mothers of children who have served or are serving in the Armed Services during a time of conflict. National President: LaVerna Capes


Notable members

* Jeanette Lawrence * Agnes Thomas Morris, president of War Mothers of America, 1918-1920


See also

* Blue Star Mothers Club *
American Gold Star Mothers American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. (AGSM), is a private nonprofit organization of American mothers who lost sons or daughters in service of the United States Armed Forces. It was originally formed in 1928 for mothers of those lost in World War I, a ...


References


External links

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To Incorporate the American War Mothers : hearings before the United States House Committee on the Judiciary, and Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Sixty-Eighth Congress, first session, on May 6, 1924.
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