May Fun Facts
This month is named after a Roman goddess associated with growth and spring
What is May?
This holiday honors U.S. military personnel who died while serving their country.
What is Memorial Day?
This holiday is celebrated to honor mothers and mother figures for their love and contributions to families.
What is Mother's Day?
This famous horse race is known as "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports.
What is the Kentucky Derby?
This part of a plant absorbs water and nutrients from the soil.
What are roots?
On the first day of May, people in many countries celebrate this springtime holiday with flowers, dancing, and festivals.
What is May Day?
Memorial Day is observed each year on the last one of these weekdays.
What is Monday?
In the United States, Mother's Day is celebrated on this Sunday each year.
What is the second Sunday in May?
The Kentucky Derby is held each year in this Kentucky city.
What is Louisville?
Plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make food through this process.
What is photosynthesis?
This traditional nickname for May's full moon reflects the abundance of blooming flowers.
What is the Flower Moon?
Memorial Day was originally known by this name because people decorated the graves of fallen soldiers with flowers.
What is Decoration Day?
This woman is credited with founding Mother's Day in the United States in the early 1900s.
Who is Anna Jarvis?
Spectators at the Kentucky Derby are famous for wearing these eye-catching fashion accessories.
What are fancy hats?
This common garden insect helps flowers by carrying pollen from one bloom to another.
What is a bee?
One of May's birth flowers shares its name with a pleasant-smelling flower often featured in wedding bouquets.
What is lily of the valley?
This major American conflict inspired the first widespread observances of Memorial Day.
What is the Civil War?
This white flower was chosen by Anna Jarvis as the symbol of Mother's Day because it was her mother's favorite.
What is a carnation?
This flower is known as the official flower of the Kentucky Derby and is draped over the winning horse.
What is a rose?
Adding this material made from decomposed leaves, food scraps, and other organic matter can improve garden soil
What is compost?
In many parts of the Northern Hemisphere, this season is in full swing during May.
What is spring?
At 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day, Americans are encouraged to observe this nationwide tribute.
What is the National Moment of Remembrance?
In 1914, this U.S. president officially proclaimed Mother's Day a national holiday.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Only horses of this age are eligible to compete in the Kentucky Derby.
What are 3-year-old horses?
Most vegetables and flowers need at least this many hours of direct sunlight each day.
What are 6 hours?