Highway 52 & Mountaineer Hwy ~ Gilbert, West Virginia
N 37° 36.870 W 081° 52.009
17S E 423498 N 4163397
A Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker along highway 52 in Gilbert, West Virginia.
Waymark Code: WMMEQQ
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2014
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Brief History of WV Blue Star Dedications.
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"The first West Virginia Blue Star Marker was dedicated in Weirton on May 27, 1970. It was lost during road construction in 1972. Gauley Bridge Garden Club voted to place West Virginia’s second Blue Star but was vetoed by the D.O.H. Vesta Van Meter and Beulah Hash dedicated the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Blue Stars in 1986 (on the new interstates) and won the NGCSC Award. Van Meter loaned this chairman her invaluable award book to copy. Huntington, Charleston, and Princeton dedicated #5, #6, and #7. The first seven were large markers. Also, Ann Sampson installed the Princeton Blue Star as a wall mount, which was the first of its kind in West Virginia.
Mary Booker, Roadside Development/Blue Star Chairman under Ann Sampson (1991-93) received a wonderful gift from Mrs. Carl Michael, a former West Virginian in Sun Valley, CA, in honor of her father. Mary requested that five garden clubs sponsor Blue Star Memorials in the December 1992 issue of WV Garden News, and Huntington Garden Club was the first to respond. Mrs. Michael gave another gift under Patty Hudson/Sandra Walters (1993-95). Mary Frances Snyder/Jane H. Lundblad (1995-97) completed the dedication of the Mrs. Carl Michael Blue Stars with the exception of the Emma Scott Garden Club of Elkins. Judy Guye, mayor of Elkins, noted that it was not dedicated until 2000 because of Corridor H Road difficulties. Approximately 14 Blue Star Markers were placed with this gift from 1993 until 2000 and are denoted with an asterisk beside its size."
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