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In all 50 state capitals and hundreds of locations across America, a wreath was laid today in honor of service men and women who have given their lives. This year in Tallahassee, five women who lost sons or daughters were honored as “Gold Star Mothers.” A bell was rung for each of their children as their names were called and the words of 18-year-old Robert Wise were memorialized.

“Before he left, he told her if he was going to die, he was going to die honorably for his country, for her, for her children, his niece and nephew. And he did,” Blue Star Mother Pam Wilson said.

The Gold Star Mothers organization began in 1928 and is named after the gold star that families hung in their windows in honor of deceased veterans.