The Gold Star Walk tree donated by the Japan Society of Fairfield County. On April 26, 2021. Credit: Michael Dinan
Town resident Jackie Alexander, a third-generation Japanese-American, had already been looking for a place in New Canaan where her organization could donate a cherry blossom tree when she heard last fall about a need at one of the town’s most important, if little-known, memorial sites.
The Gold Star Walk at Mead Park. On April 26, 2021. Credit: Michael Dinan
Established in 1945 and twice restored in the past 20 years thanks to Korean War veteran Jim Bach, among others, the “Gold Star Walk” at Mead Park is dedicated to the 38 New Canaan men who lost their lives while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II.