Memorial Day History
The people we celebrate on Memorial Day
What are fallen soldiers
The holiday when family members of fallen Civil War soldiers decorate their graves.
What is Decoration Day?
The founder of the American Red Cross and Civil War nurse.
Who is Clara Barton?
A celebration of walking and instruments
What is a parade?
Many public what open on Memorial Day
Public pools
The original date when Memorial Day was celebrated
When is May 30th?
The date that was chosen for Decoration Day because there were no anniversaries for any particular battles on that day.
When is May 30th?
The U.S. general and commander who later became the 18th president of the United States.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The flower you wear to remember fallen soldiers
What is a poppy?
People like to come together for what during the Memorial Day weekend?
barbecues and cook outs
The law that was passed in 1968 to celebrate Memorial Day on the last Monday in May.
What is the Uniform Monday Holiday Act?
The place where the first Declaration Day celebration was held.
What is the Arlington National Cemetary.
Who led the Confederate Army?
Who is Robert E. Lee?
A party where food is grilled
What is a barbeque?
If they live close enough, many people like to go where on this holiday?
The beach
The other wars that are celebrated during this holiday.
What are The Civil War, World War 1, World War 2, The Vietnam War, The Korean War, and The Iraq and Afghanistan War?
The holiday still celebrated in only a few states.
What is Confederate Memorial Day?
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?
The season that it unofficially begins after Memorial Day?
What is summer?
How should American flags mark Memorial Day?
At half-staff from sunrise until noon, then at full staff until sundown
When is Memorial Day celebrated now?
On the last Monday in May
What did Decoration Day become?
Memorial Day
Who was president during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
The coming together of people to honor fallen soldiers is called what?
A Memorial Day Ceremony
"In Flanders Fields", which was the poem that inspired the wearing of Red poppies for fallen soldiers, was inspired by a battle in which war?