Organizers invited family members who lost relatives in every conflict since the Revolutionary War. Children of service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan received special gold medals.

• 组织者邀请了从解放战争以来在各个战场上失去亲人的家属。在伊拉克战争和阿富汗战争中死亡士兵的孩子则获得了特殊的金质勋章。