Blue Star Memorial Marker
Route 3, Bar Harbor
Follow route ME-3 East thru Ellsworth and Trenton for 9.4 miles. At the head of Mount Desert Island, go slightly left to stay on ME-3 for about 1/3 of a mile. The memorial marker is located on the right side of the road, and directly across from some very yellow cottages.
Blue Star Marker Ceremony & Wreath
Club duties: Organize Memorial Day and Veterans’ Day ceremonies in honor of our armed forces. Provide garden maintenance including plantings of the Sundial Lupine garden, and maintain the memorial marker and wreath.
BHGC Volunteers: 4.
BHGC Civic Development Co-Chairs: Jim Linnane, Chris White
The BHGC’s Blue Star Memorial Marker was originally erected in 1972. In 2005, it was relocated to a nicely landscaped park in the town of Bar Harbor along route 3, near the head of Mount Desert Island.
The ‘Blue Star Memorial Program’ began in 1944 with the planting of Dogwood trees as a living memorial to Veterans of World War II.
You can learn more about the Blue Star Memorial Program at the Garden Club Federation of Maine website.
Blue Star Memorial Marker News
Bar Harbor Garden Club Memorial Day Ceremony
Blue Star Marker, Route 3, May 27, 2024 Kudos to the Civic Development Committee who arranged a passionate and patriotic ceremony to honor our veterans on May 27, 2024, at the Blue Star Marker on Route 3. A long standing tradition with the Bar Harbor Garden...
The Bar Harbor Garden Club celebrated the Blue Star Memorial Marker ceremony on Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2023 at 11:00 am.
Under the leadershp of the Co- chairs Jim Linnane and Carl Nelson, the annual Veterans' Day ceremony was held according to the tradition on the 11th month, on the 11th day at the 11th hour at the Memorial Blue Star Marker on route 3in Bar Harbor. A hearty group braved...
2022 Veterans Day Observance
Friday, November 11 at 11 AM Blue Star Memorial Marker, Bar Harbor On Veterans Day, November 11, 2022, at 11 am, the Bar Harbor Garden Club is planning an in-person Veterans Day Observance at the Blue Star Memorial Marker. The Marker is located on Route 3, 1/3 of a...
2021 Veterans Day Observance
Veterans Day Observance at Blue Star Memorial Marker Thursday, November 11, 2021 The Bar Harbor Garden Club’s annual Veterans Day observance at the Blue Star Memorial Marker, due to the lingering pandemic challenges, will not be an in-person group event. The wreath...
2021 Memorial Day Observance
Monday, May 31st from 11 am to 3 pm Blue Star Memorial Marker, Bar Harbor In observance of Memorial Day, May 31, 2021, in compliance with the CDC recommendations for the Covid-19 pandemic and respecting the utmost of caution for participants, the following observance...
2020 Veterans Day Observance
Veterans Day Observance at Blue Star Memorial Marker 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Wednesday, November 11, 2020 The Bar Harbor Garden Club’s annual Veterans Day observance at the Blue Star Memorial Marker — located on Route 3 — will follow the same format as our 2020 Memorial...