American War Mothers
Former headquarters of the American War Mothers located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
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.[1]
National President: LaVerna Capes
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External links
- 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.
- Fountain a reminder of American War Mothers' work - Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois newspaper)
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