Group helps moms cope with despair when soldiers die

A few holidays back, on the Fourth of July, Connie Bickers helped out on the Gold Star Mothers float.

Afterward, a few people walked up to her to ask, "What are the Gold Star Mothers?"

Also on this date

• Champaign man serious about duty as Legion commander
• Sailor had bird's-eye view of battles in Pacific
• Vintage warplanes to be displayed at Frasca Field
• Scientist dredges up way to put topsoil to good use
• Professor looks at DNA to answer life's questions
• Rantoul Products' successor leaving base sites for new plant
• It's your business: The Little Gym goes for big impact
• Obituaries

» More