First Lady Michelle Obama Recognizes Autumn Letendre

In a speech given to thousands of women across the country at the Maria Shriver's Women's Conference on Oct. 26, First Lady Michelle Obama recognized the Letendre family and the work of Autumn Letendre on behalf of The Golden Star USA Foundation.

"And I am inspired by Gold Star Wives like Autumn Letendre. Autumn's husband was killed in Iraq back in 2006. And in the years since, she's become a passionate advocate for military families - speaking across the country, attending military funerals to comfort loved ones working to ensure that her husband's memory lives on for her young son. And in a letter that she sent to military families, she wrote, simply: 'I may have lost the love of my life, but I have gained a life and story that few in this great country have.'"

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