Gold Star families reach for new hope
Elvena Lewis, mother of deceased U.S. Army Pfc. Lee Lewis Jr., releases a butterfly during the Gold Star Mother’s Day event at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Sept. 30, 2018. Releasing butterflies symbolizes endurance and how Gold Star families had to embrace change and the search of hope. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Derek Seifert)