I just recently found a picture of myself from the Gulf War era, and I noticed ever single tree in the picture had this golden ribbon around it. I must've had a memory lapse because I couldn't remember what they stood for. I was thinking...."sheesh, were all these trees marked to be cut down?" :o then I suddenly realized they were a "Support the Troops" kind of thing and immediately put 2 + 2 together, along with the yellow ribbons people are now sticking on there cars. Needless to say, this "senior moment"  frightened me. ;)

does anybody remember the suburban phenomenon of tying gold ribbons around trees as a way to support the soldiers? seems like we were much more patriotic back then.

Yeah, back in 1991, we wore (at my Catholic all girl hs) small yellow ribbons across our name badges. It was devastating b/c we couldn't believe that we would see a war that year.

If you've heard the song "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree" by Tony Orlando and Dawn, you'll know that it's a sign of remembrance for someone who's not home.  Yellow ribbons became a way of saying you remember the troops and you support them.  We still tie a yellow ribbon around our tree.

I remember it also during the gulf war and I remember is for the hotages in Iran also