History
The day that Memorial Day is celebrated
What is the Last Monday in May?
What is summer?
The special name given to the day where families come out to decorate the stones of fallen soldiers.
What is Decoration Day?
The most eaten dessert food for Americans on Memorial Day
what is cake?
Which President declared the official birthplace of Memorial Day in 1966.
President Lyndon Johnson
The people that we honor on Memorial Day
What are fallen soldiers?
A type of party where family and friends come together and grill food
what is a cookout/BBQ?
The original date of Decoration Day.
What is May 30th
What is hamburgers?
Memorial Day initially only honored the fallen from which war?
What is the Civil War?
The name of the position that the American flag is flown on Memorial Day
What is half staff/Mast?
A type of celebration that brings performers, musicians, soldiers, and companies together to throw treats into the streets for children to grab.
What is a parade?
The place that the President goes to visit on Decoration Day.
What is Arlington National Cemetery?
The longest war in U.S history
What is Afghanistan War?
Which sporting event has been held during the Memorial Day weekend?
What is the Indy 500?
The different wars that are celebrated on Memorial Day. Name 1
World War 2, Korean War, Iraq and Afghanistan, Vietnam War
This type of establishment is closed on this federal holiday. Name 1
what is banks, schools, post office, any state or federal building, some restaurants.
The time of day when everyone stops to remember the soldiers who have passed on.
What is 3:00pm?
the number 1 Memorial Day activity.
Going to the Beach/lake.
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?"
What is President George W. Bush
The year that Memorial Day became an official holiday in the United States
What is 1971?
This flower is one of the national symbols of Memorial Day
What are poppies?
This holiday is only celebrated in a few states as it was repealed after the civil war
What is Confederate Civil War?
The most common item left on graves is.
What are flowers?
Who spoke at the first Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery?
James A. Garfield