MILWAUKEE — Nearly three years after learning the gut-wrenching news that their loved ones were among the 13 killed at the Abbey Gate suicide bombing in Afghanistan, many Gold Star families finally got a glimpse of something they’d been missing — recognition.

Onstage at the GOP convention Wednesday evening, the families — who have felt ignored by the Biden administration — were overwhelmed with gratitude to the thousands of attendees who acknowledged and honored the ultimate sacrifice their loved ones made.

Herman and Alicia Lopez, who lost their 22-year-old son Cpl. Hunter Lopez to the bombing, took turns reading through the names of the 13 fallen soldiers on stage Thursday night. The thousands of attendees packed into the Fiserv Forum spontaneously responded by saying their names back.

“When Herman [Lopez] started reading everybody’s names, and then they were saying them back to us, that was the most surreal, appreciative, humbling, beautiful thing that I think any of us could have ever even imagined,” fellow Gold Star dad Jim McCollum told The Post.

“After it was done, and we went backstage, there were hugs and tears — that’s the first time in almost three years that our kids have been acknowledged,” he added.

McCollum’s son, 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, was featured in a video mashup played at the convention of the families who lost loved ones in Afghanistan emotionally detailing their heartbreaking experiences

After the video concluded, three of the 13 Gold Star families took to the stage: Christy Shamblin, Cherly Juels, and the Lopez family. They powerfully recounting the painful journey they went through after their loved ones were ripped away from them.

“It was amazing. It really was more than we’d ever hoped for. The response was just heartwarming,” Juels, the aunt of Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole Gee said.

“We live in that misery and that pain every single day. So having everybody there supporting us was really just amazing,” she added.

Gee was 23 years old at the time of the ISIS-K bombing. 

Chants of “Joe must go” broke out among the crowd, as well, while the audience heard about their experiences with the administration.

Shamblin, Gee’s mother-in-law, described how she was taken aback by “the feeling of support that we got back from the crowd.”

“One of the worst parts of this is how the administration won’t say their names. It’s ultimate cruelty and disrespect to us because they’re not with us anymore. Saying their names and telling their stories is all we have left,” she said.

“You can’t really put into words what it feels like to bury your loved one in an actual flag-draped coffin. There are just no words for it, but you feel very lonely, and you have an administration that doesn’t want to engage or acknowledge — and has honestly just dodged us nonstop.”

Last month, the Gold Star families were outraged after hearing President Biden claimed during his debate against former President Donald Trump that he was the “only president this century, this decade, that doesn’t have any troops dying anywhere in the world.”

“The Biden administration — they basically want us to go away. We’re a sore spot on that presidency, for that administration. They know that it was done incorrectly,” Kelly Barnett, the mother of 31-year-old Staff Sgt. Darin T. Hoover, told The Post.

Barnett underscored that the recognition she sought was from the administration, not the “people of this beautiful country,” which she stressed have been “loving” and stood by them.

“The recognition that we keep talking about — that we’re not getting — it’s not coming from the American people. The American people are wonderful,” she said. “It’s [about] the administration, from the generals that were in charge of this catastrophe.”

“That’s what we’re speaking of.”

During the speeches on the convention stage, Herman addressed the debate omission.

“During last month’s debate, he claimed no service members have died during his administration. None. That hurt us all deeply,” he said bluntly.

Before they went up to the podium Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) explained that Trump consoled the Gold Families during a visit in Bedminster, NJ.

“He was scheduled to spend an hour with them. You know how long he spent? He spent six hours with them. He met each one. He listened. He cared,” Waltz said.

Barnett now calls Trump, 78, a “good friend.”