Memorial Day
What day is Memorial Day typically observed on?
What is Monday? (Also it's the last one of the month.)
Name one food someone might have at a Memorial day Cookout.
Hot dogs, Hamburgers, Watermelon, Beans, Etc.
What is the name of the purchase Jefferson made in 1803 that doubled the size of the U.S.?
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
What is the event that caused the U.S.A. to join WWII?
What is the Attack on Pearl Harbor?
The American flag is folded into this shape.
What is a triangle?
What flower is typically placed on graves, and is a symbol of Memorial Day.
What is a poppy?
What positions are flags typically lowered to on Memorial day?
What is Half-Staff/Half-Mass?
What popular Revolutionary war song includes the line "stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni"
What is Yankee Doodle?
This social media platform started out as a dating website.
What is YouTube?
The stars on the American flag are arranged in this many horizontal rows?
What is 9?
This famous cemetery is located in Virginia and is the burial place of JFK?
What is Arlington Cemetery?
Why is Memorial Day different then Veterans Day?
Memorial Day is for soldiers who died in battle, Veterans Day is for everybody in the military.
What are the first names of Lewis and Clark?
Who is Meriwether (Lewis) and William (Clark)?
Known as the GOAT of Boxing, born as Cassius Clay.
Who Is Muhammad Ali?
Hawaii and Alaska became states what year, meaning a new flag was needed.
What is 1959?
Which war did Memorial Day start after?
What is the Civil War?
This President OFFICIALLY recognized Memorial Day as a Federal Holiday. Hint: it was 1966.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
What is the Proclamation Abraham Lincoln wrote to declare all slaves in Confederate held territory to be free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
How many U.S. Presidents have served for at least one year in the 2000s?
What is 5?
Match the symbolism to the color that it represents on the U.S. flag.
Bravery White
Purity Blue
Justice Red
Bravery-->Red
Purity-->White
Justice-->Blue
What time are Americans encouraged to take a moment of silence?
What is 3:00 Pm?
This was the original name of Memorial Day.
What is Decoration Day?
What is the name of the treaty that ended the Revolutionary war?
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Name all three people on the Apollo 11 mission. (Was the mission that first landed a person on the moon)
Who is Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins?
What was the age of Robert G. Heft when he designed the current 50 star flag. (Hint: Before age 20)
What is 17?