History
We celebrate Memorial Day on what day the the week?
What is Monday?
What are the three colors on the American flag?
What are Red, White, Blue?
Who is the founder of the American Red Cross and Civil War nurse?
Who is Clara Barton?
The season that unofficially begins after Memorial Day is
What is summer?
How many stars are on the American Flag?
What is 50?
Who are the people we celebrate on Memorial Day?
Who are fallen soldiers?
At what time does Congress ask Americans to pause for a moment of remembrance on Memorial Day?
What is 3:00pm?
Who is the U.S. general and commander who later became the 18th president of the United States?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
A celebration of walking with instruments and floats.
What is a parade?
How many American soldiers died during the Civil War?
A. 5,000
B. 300,100
C. 620,000
What is C.620,000
Which President declared the official birthplace of Memorial Day in 1966?
Who is President Lyndon Johnson?
How should the American flag be flown on Memorial Day?
What is at half-staff until noon, then full staff until sundown?
Who led the Confederate Army?
Who is Robert E. Lee?
People lay wreaths on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Memorial Day. Where is this located?
What is Arlington National Cemetery?
What historical monument was dedicated on Memorial Day in 1922?
What is the Lincoln Memorial?
Memorial Day initially only honored the fallen from which war?
What is The American Civil War?
Why is Memorial Day called Decoration Day?
What is the tradition of decorating the fallen soldiers graves with flowers, wreaths, and flags?
Who was president during the Civil War?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The flower you wear to remember fallen soldiers.
What is a poppy?
The very first Memorial Day was in what year?
A. 1866
B. 1901
C. 1960
What is A. 1866
What was the first state to make Memorial Day an official holiday?
What is Michigan?
In 1966, the federal government declared what town in New York the official birthplace of Memorial Day?
What is Waterloo?
Who is the U.S. senator that was best known as the president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Many public what open on Memorial Day?
What are public pools?
In a 2004 Memorial Day address, which U.S. president said, "With each loss in war, the world changed forever for the family and friends left behind?"
Who is George W. Bush