Memorial Day
What was the original name for Memorial Day?
What is Decoration Day?
The Fourth of July commemorates which document?
What is The Declaration of Independence
What animal is popularly associated with Easter?
What date marks New Years EVE?
What is December 31st?
On what day is Veterans day celebrated?
What is November 11th ?
The American Civil War resulted in the creation of the country’s first what?
What is National Cemeteries?
How many stars and stripes does the U.S. flag have?
What is 50 Stars and 13 Stripes?
Easter falls between which 2 months?
What is March & April?
This beverage is often drank in celebration of New Years
What is champagne?
What is the difference between Veterans day and Memorial Day?
What is Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans, while Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving.
Where is the official birthplace of Memorial Day?
What is Waterloo, New York?
Every Independence Day, how many times does the Liberty Bell ring?
What is 13 times?
What is the name for the period of 40 days before Easter?
What is Lent?
What is the most common resolution for the New Year?
What is to get healthier?
(Other options: lose weight, exercise more etc.)
By what day was Veterans Day originally known?
What is Armistice Da?
Sometime also referred to as “Remembrance Day.”
Why was May 30th chosen as the original day to celebrate Memorial Day?
What is because there were no significant battles on that day in history.
Every July 4th, what food is most commonly consumed?
What are hot dogs?
Where is the most popular Easter parade held each year?
What is New York?
The Times Square ball drop first began in this year ___
What is 1907?
Approximately how many U.S. veterans are there right now?
a) 500,000
b) 18 million
c) 2 million
What is B. 18 million?
In what year did Memorial Day become a legal federal holiday?
What is 1971?
What was the total number of people who signed the Declaration of Independence?
What is 56?
First Easter Eggs were dyed this color
What is Red?
This song is traditionally sung at midnight on New Year’s Eve
What is Auld Lang Syne?
Poet Robert Burns is credited for writing the song in 1788, but he actually took a Scottish folk song called “Old Long Syne” and put his own spin on it, and that is the version we know today. Auld lang syne means “times long past.”
Can you name the 5 branches of the U.S. Military?
What are Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines and Navy?