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Lowell

January 1, 2023 by

62nd Blue Star (2012, retired), 110th Blue Star (2024, replacing 62nd) & 12th Gold Star (2024)

The Lowell Showboat Garden Club dedicated a Blue Star Memorial By-Way on July 7, 2012.  The marker is located at the scenic Flat River Overlook, between 201 and 103 E. Main Street, downtown Lowell.

Since the Blue Star marker was showing its age, the Garden Club generously decided to replace it. The new Blue Star Memorial By-Way was rededicated, and Michigan’s 12th Gold Star Memorial By-Way was dedicated on July 27, 2024, at the scenic Flat River Overlook.

The two markers, which were mounted on a fabulous custom post, were unveiled by a Blue Star mother and Gold Star mother. The event was a very fitting tribute to our Armed Forces and Gold Star Families.

Top left – Marker Post Designers: Carol McGregor, MGC 2nd VP, Bryan Mirlin, and Mistelle Quiggle. Bryan’s company, Steel Craft Technologies, donated the post.

Top right – Master of Ceremony David L. Thompson, US Navy Commander (ret) with Blue Star mother Bonnie Weststrate, Keynote speaker Senator Thomas Albert, and Gold Star mother Jeannie Beachnaw in the background.

Bottom left – Photo of attendees with Monica Taylor, MGC Past President in the center.

Bottom right: Honor Rifle Squad.

Far right – Kathy Wolverton, MGC District 4 Director, awarding the MGC Certificate to Tim Bennet, Lowell Showboat Garden Club VP.

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