Blue Star Memorial Highways are highway

Highway

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s in the United States

United States

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 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

World War II

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. The blue star

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 was used on service flag

Service flag

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s to denote a servicemember fighting in the war. The program has since been expanded to include Memorial Markers and Memorial By-ways (since 1994). These markers are used in National Cemeteries, parks, veterans facilities, and gardens.

Iowa

• Interstate 29 north of Council Bluffs. Marker was originally placed along U.S. Route 75 in 1955.

North Carolina

• Interstate 26
  Interstate 26
  Interstate 26 is a nominally east–west main route of the Interstate Highway System in the Southeastern United States. I-26 runs from the junction of U.S. Route 11W and U.S. Route 23 in Kingsport, Tennessee, generally southeastward to U.S. Route 17 in Charleston, South Carolina...
  
  , throughout state (approved: 10/4/1968).

Milepost 41 – Westbound Buncombe/Henderson County Rest Area (dedicated: 7/18/2008).

Milepost 68 – Westbound Welcome Center.

• Interstate 40
  Interstate 40 in North Carolina
  Interstate 40 runs through the state of North Carolina from the Tennessee state line in the west to its eastern terminus in Wilmington.-Pigeon River Gorge:...
  
  , throughout state (approved: 5/5/1967).

Milepost 82 – Westbound McDowell County Rest Area.

Milepost 136 – Eastbound Catawba County Rest Area.

Milepost 364 – Duplin County Rest Area (dedicated: 4/6/2005).

• Interstate 77
  Interstate 77 in North Carolina
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  , throughout state.

Milepost 105 – Southbound Welcome Center (dedicated: 7/21/2006).

• Interstate 85
  Interstate 85 in North Carolina
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  , throughout state (approved: 5/5/1967).
• Interstate 95
  Interstate 95 in North Carolina
  Interstate 95 is a major Interstate Highway, running along the East Coast of the United States from Florida to Maine. In North Carolina, I-95 runs diagonally across the eastern third of the state, from Rowland in the southwest to Roanoke Rapids in the northeast of the Inner Banks.-Route...
  
  , throughout state (approved: 6/13/1980).

Milepost 181 – Southbound Welcome Center.

• U.S. Route 17
  U.S. Route 17 in North Carolina
  In the U.S. state of North Carolina U.S. Route 17 is a north–south highway that is known as the Coastal Highway in the southeastern half of the state and the Ocean Highway in other areas...
  
  , from Williamston to Elizabeth City (approved: 11/28/1949).
• U.S. Route 64, from Tennessee state line to Williamston (approved: 3/6/1950).
• U.S. Route 70, throughout state.

15th Avenue Place SE, in Hickory.

• U.S. Route 74 Business from Rockingham to Hamlet (approved: 4/20/1984).

New Hamlet Senior Center, in Hamlet (dedicated: 10/18/1984).

• U.S. Route 158
  U.S. Route 158
  U.S. Route 158 is an east–west United States highway that runs for from Mocksville to Nags Head, entirely in the U.S. state of North Carolina.-Route description:...
  
  , from Mocksville to Roanoke Rapids (approved: 4/6/1976).
• U.S. Route 158
  U.S. Route 158
  U.S. Route 158 is an east–west United States highway that runs for from Mocksville to Nags Head, entirely in the U.S. state of North Carolina.-Route description:...
  
  , from Roanoke Rapids to Elizabeth City (approved: 5/4/1972).
• U.S. Route 158
  U.S. Route 158
  U.S. Route 158 is an east–west United States highway that runs for from Mocksville to Nags Head, entirely in the U.S. state of North Carolina.-Route description:...
  
  , from Elizabeth City to Nags Head (approved: 11/28/1949).
• U.S. Route 301
  U.S. Route 301 in North Carolina
  U.S. Route 301 is an north–south United States highway that runs for from the South Carolina state line, near Rowland, to the Virginia state line, near Pleasant Hill.-Route description:...
  
  , throughout state (approved: 4/28/1949).

Hay Street at Freedom Memorial Park, in Fayetteville (dedicated: 3/3/1956).

• U.S. Route 421
  U.S. Route 421 in North Carolina
  U.S. Route 421 traverses approximately across North Carolina; from Fort Fisher, on a peninsula between the Atlantic and Cape Fear River, to the Tennessee state line near the community of Zionville....
  
  , in Wilkes County.

Milepost 282 – Northwest Visitor Center (dedicated: 9/14/2010).

• North Carolina Highway 24, in Jacksonville (approved: 4/20/1984).

Near City Hall towards Camp Lejeune, in Jacksonville (dedicated: 5/27/1984).

South Carolina

• U.S. Route 1
  U.S. Route 1 in South Carolina
  U.S. Route 1 traverses the state of South Carolina completely from southwest to north, passing through such cities as Columbia and Aiken. For much of its length through Richland County, US 1 is called Two Notch Road...
  
  , throughout state.

SC 151 intersection, in McBee

McBee, South Carolina

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 (dedicated: 4/14/1953, rededicated: 05/23/2011); it was the sixth established blue star in the state.

Near North Carolina state line, in Marlboro County.

Tennessee

• U.S. Highway 45 West in Gibson County, Tennessee
  Tennessee
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• U.S. Route 25
  U.S. Route 25
  U.S. Route 25 is a north–south United States highway that runs for from Brunswick, Georgia to the Ohio state line in Covington, Kentucky.-Georgia:...
  
   West in Cove Lake State Park
  Cove Lake State Park
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   in Campbell County, Tennessee
• U.S. Highway 641 within Henry County
  Henry County
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  , Tennessee

Virginia

• Interstate 77 in Virginia
  Interstate 77 in Virginia
  In the U.S. state of Virginia, Interstate 77 is a north–south along the U.S. Route 52 corridor, serving Hillsville, Wytheville, and Bland...
  
   near NC border
• U.S. Route 1
  U.S. Route 1
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   in Fairfax County, Virginia
  Virginia
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Washington

• Old Pacific Highway
  Pacific Highway
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  , Vancouver, Washington
  Vancouver, Washington
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  , USA. Oldest and newest (having been removed, restored and re-dedicated) Blue Star Memorial Highway Memorial Marker in state of Washington. Located at Covington House
  Covington House (Vancouver, Washington)
  The Covington House historic cabin in Vancouver, Washington, was built by Richard and Charlotte "Anna" Covington born, raised and married in London, England who travelled by ship around Cape Horn/South America, stopping at the Sandwich Islands/Hawaii and finally arriving at Fort Vancouver in the...
  
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External links

• Blue Star Memorial Program of National Garden Clubs, Inc.
• Blue Star Memorial Project of National Garden Clubs on Facebook
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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