History
When Memorial Day is celebrated?
The last Monday in May
What does MIA stand for?
Missing in Action
How is the flag flown on Memorial Day?
Where does the President delivers a speech every Memorial Day?
Arlington National Cemetery
What is the name for soldiers on land?
The army
When Americans FIRST started celebrating Memorial Day
After the American Civil War
What does KIA mean?
Killed in action
Was song is played on the bugle at soldiers' funerals and on Memorial Day?
Taps
Where in Arlington National Cemetery are soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan are buried?
Section 60
What divisions of the military are water-based?
The Navy, Coast Guard, and Marines
What is reason to celebrate Memorial Day?
To remember dead soldiers
What does POW stand for?
Prisoner of war
What are some Memorial Day activities?
picnics, parades, going to the beach
What is placed at every grave in Arlington?
The American flag
Who are the soldiers who fly?
The Air Force
In what year did Memorial Day became a national holiday?
1971
What is the word for soldiers who have died?
The Fallen
At what time on Memorial Day do all Americans stop what they are doing to remember the servicemembers who died?
3:00pm
What is known for housing the fallen soldiers from WWI, WWII, and Korea?
Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers
Who is the commander-in-chief of the United States?
The American President
Roughly how many soldiers died in the American Civil War?
625,000
What is the meaning of "the last full measure of devotion"?
What a soldier gives when they die in war
What are things left on graves?
photos, flowers, stones
Who is Air Force 1st Lt. Michael J. Blassie?
The unknown Vietnam soldier
What is the idiom that states that the freedoms enjoyed by citizens are only possible through the voluntary risks taken and sacrifices made by the military?
'freedom is not free'