Ceremony At Veterans Park

One of the many ceremonies taking place this week to commemorate Veterans Day occurred at Cumberland’s Veterans Park on South Centre Street Wednesday. Ed Mullaney of Let’s Beautify Cumberland! called special attention to two plaques displayed in the park honoring blue and gold star families. Mullaney explained the history behind the designations…

“So the blue star, it was a banner you would hang in the window. It was usually white trimmed in blue, and if you had one star in it, then you had one person serving in the military, if you had two stars, you had two and three and so on. If you had a gold star, the gold star would mean you’d lost a loved one in the war.”