Blue Star Memorials

After World War II, a nationwide movement was started to pay tribute to the nation's armed forces by designating various state and national routes as "Blue Star Memorial Highways." It began in 1944 with the planting of 8,000 Dogwood trees by the New Jersey Council of Garden Clubs as a living memorial to veterans of World War II. The following year the National Council of State Garden Clubs adopted the program and began a Blue Star Memorial Highway system, which covers thousands of miles across the Continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii. The Blue Star became an icon in World War II and was seen on flags and banners in homes for sons and daughters away at war.

Visit The Blue Star Memorial Program website National Garden Clubs Blue Star Memorial Program for more information.

The list below shows Blue Star Memorials that have been found and logged by the Geocaching community.

Alabama (AL)

N 33° 27.039 W 086° 47.305	Vestavia Hills	Hwy. 31	TheEdge	8/17/2003
N 33° 36.484 W 086° 47.834	Fultondale	U.S. 31	oldboyhiker	8/22/2003
N 34° 42.813 W 087° 46.725	Tuscumbia – between Mile Marker 19 & 20	Hwy. 72	Keymaker	9/07/2003
N 34° 42.452 W 085° 33.621	Rest area	Southbound I-59	Team Bert	10/04/2003
N 34° 04.480 W 086° 51.840	Warrior Rest area	I-65	Jeff35080	11/08/2003
N 34° 04.479 W 086° 51.843	Cullman Rest area	I-65	lefty cacher	12/22/2003
N 32° 28.646 W 086° 27.118	Prattville	Hwy. 31	bamageek	1/18/2004
N 33° 36.484 W 086° 47.832	Fultondale	Hwy. 31	Bubba Cache	1/20/2004
N 29° 49.126 W 085° 17.726	Welcome Center	U.S. Hwy. 231	Bulli the Wonder Dog	9/05/2004
N 33° 28.051 W 086° 54.428	Midfield	U.S. 11 across from Midfield Police Station	WheresDiB	1/26/2005
N 34° 10.341 W 086° 50.527	Cullman	Hwy. 31 – ft. County Court House	Alabama_pink	1/26/2005
N 34° 42.300 W 087° 46.712		Hwy. 72	Pork King	4/23/2005
N 31° 00.536 W 085° 24.446	Alabama Welcome Center	Near Florida Line	ElectricBird	6/25/2005
N 34° 57.246 W 086° 53.538	Shadow of the Welcome rocket	Southbound I-65	Rideau Rangers	7/02/2005
N 32° 35.210 W 085° 29.162	South of Auburn	U.S. 29	alaga forester	7/02/2005

Alaska (AK)

N 61° 13.045 W 149° 51.615	Anchorage	Glenn Highway	SantaBro	11/06/2003
N 61° 13.023 W 149° 51.576			superpowerdave	11/06/2004
N 64° 50.326 W 147° 44.136	Fairbanks	Weeks Field Wein Park Airport Way & Cowles Road	Team Bear Bait	6/22/2005
N 63° 20.172 W 142° 58.983	Visitors-Info in Tok	Alaska Hwy.	El_Rolfo	8/04/2005
N 59° 46.537 W 151° 49.984	Anchor Point	Most Westerly Hwy. point in North America	DavidT21 & Fisherwoman	8/05/2005
N 64° 50.322 W 147° 44.136	Fairbanks	Noel Wien Library	PedalPushin	9/24/2005

Arizona (AZ)

N 32° 43.911 W 113° 42.906	Yuma Rest area	East of Yuma West Bound	Thehairyhillbilly	5/30/2003
N 35° 02.337 W 090° 45.535	Forrest City Rest area	I-40	Cactusjeep	6/22/2003
N 36° 25.904 W 094° 13.982	Bella Vista - Welcome Center & Rest stop	71B/540 Interstate	Lefty & Roust-about	2/03/2004

Arkansas (AR)

N 34° 53.283 W 092° 06.658	Jacksonville	Vandenberg Blvd.	pdumas	3/02/2003
N 35° 50.579 W 090° 40.896	Jonesboro		LoneCacher	10/25/2003
N 33° 28.365 W 094° 01.074	Texarkana, Arkansas Welcome Station		Mrs. Captain Picard	12/19/2003
N 35° 09.358 W 090° 14.489	West Memphis	I-40	jackcacheNC	1/23/2004
N 35° 56.547 W 089° 52.506	Rest area – just out of Missouri	South I-55	ice cream man	2/14/2004
N 36° 25.885 W 094° 13.979	Bella Vista		arkansas stickerdude	2/24/2004
N 35° 29.190 W 093° 49.324	Ozark		Pumpkin Nuts	3/20/2004
N 35° 12.880 W 090° 11.841	Marion City Hall	U.S. Hwy. 64	chili36	6/05/2004
N 34° 53.822 W 092° 06.161	Vandenburg Road - Little Rock AFB	Hwy. 67/167	Phantom 491	8/09/2004
N 35° 56.542 W 089° 52.522	Rest stop	I-55	Tazmn & Babycakes	8/06/2004
N 34° 53.284 W 092° 06.653	Little Rock Air Force Base – Jacksonville	Vandenberg Road	IGPoobah	9/06/2004
N 34° 53.284 W 092° 06.644	Little Rock Air Force Base – Jacksonville		geoark1