Honoring Families of the Fallen

MONUMENT—Veterans and local officials unveiled a monument honoring Gold Star families at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley on Nov. 12. The monument is located near President and Mrs. Reagan’s burial site in the Gipper’s Grove garden. DAVID ROBERT NEWMAN/Acorn Newspapers

No one whose loved one goes off to war imagines they won’t be coming back.

But for many families, it’s a reality. These are the Gold Star families, the relatives of service men and women who are killed in action while fight...