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100
Memorial Day is always on the last Monday of what month...?
What is: May
100
Before Memorial Day was called Memorial Day. It was known by a different name. What was it originally called?
What is: Decoration Day
Known to some as “Decoration Day,” mourners honored the Civil War dead by decorating their graves with flowers. On the first Decoration Day, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, after which 5,000 participants helped to decorate the graves of the more than 20,000 Civil War soldiers buried in the cemetery.
100
Who was the President during the time of the Civil War?
Who is: President Abraham Lincoln
100
What percentage of American's BBQ during Memorial Day Weekend?
What is: 56% of us do indeed barbeque each Memorial Day weekend
100
Typically, these take place across the country recognizing those who fought for America?
Hint: Music, Dancing, Ballons
What are: Parades.
200
In what year did Memorial Day become an official Federal Holiday in America?
What is: 1971
200
True or False
Memorial Day was first declared a day to remember those who had fought and died in the Civil War.
What is: True
200
Those who lived in the Southern states and fought for the south during the Civil War were known as?
Who is: Confederates.
The Confederate States of America was a collection of 11 states that seceded from the United States in 1860 following the election of President Abraham Lincoln.
200
Number of hot dogs consumed every second from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
What is: 818
200
Is the American flag lowered on Memorial Day?
What is: True!
The American flag should be hung at half-staff until noon on Memorial Day, then raised to the top of the staff. And since 2000, when the U.S. Congress passed legislation, all Americans are encouraged to pause for a National Moment of Remembrance at 3 p.m. local time.
300
April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865 are the dates of which American War? And what was it's major purpose for coming about?
What is: Civil War.
The Civil War in the United States began in 1861, after decades of simmering tensions between northern and southern states over slavery, states’ rights and westward expansion.
300
What is the name of the burial ground which holds the remains of those who fought in every war since the American Revolution?
What is: Arlington National Cemetery
Thousands go to Arlington each year to remember family members, friends, and those who fought and died for their country to pay their respects and honor the fallen who died defending America.
300
Those who lived in the Northern States and fought for the North were known as:
Who are: Union Army of the United States.
300
What percentage of American's take a trip during Memorial Day Weekend?
What is: 15%
300
What ancient people also held annunal days of remembrance for their loved ones and soliders?
What is: The ancient Greeks and Romans held annual days of remembrance for loved ones (including soldiers) each year, festooning their graves with flowers and holding public festivals and feasts in their honor.
400
In 1968 and 1971, Congress passed what Act/Law that made Memorial day an official Federal Holiday.
What is: Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which established Memorial Day as the last Monday in May in order to create a three-day weekend for federal employees. The change went into effect in 1971. The same law also declared Memorial Day a federal holiday.
400
What other wars are remembered on Memorial Day outside of the Civil War?
What is: World War 1, World War 2, The Vietnam War, The Korean War, and The Iraq and Afghanistan War
400
Who was the founder of the American Red Cross and a Civil War nurse?
Who is: Clara Barton
400
What percentage off of home items or clothing can be expected during Memorial Day weekend sales?
What is 20-80% off
400
There are approx. 400,000 people buried at Arlington National Cemetary. Who places an America Flag at every tombstone for Memorial Day?
What is: Soliders.
On every Memorial Day weekend since 1948, troops in the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment—the Army’s official ceremonial unit known as the “Old Guard”—have placed small American flags in front of all of Arlington’s U.S. tombstones. Each flag is planted precisely one foot in front of a grave marker and perfectly centered.
500
Which War took place from: July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918?
What is: World War 1
World War I pitted Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy and Japan. New military technology resulted in unprecedented carnage. By the time the war was over and the Allied Powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike—were dead.
500
What event in 2001 lead to the United States responding to Afghanistan and Iraq?
What is: September 11, 2001 Attack on the United States by crashing airplanes into the two towers of World Trade Center, one plane into the Pentagon, and another was meant for the White House but the passagers learned the country was under attack and took matters into their own hands. That plane was taken down in a field.
500
Who was the first person to proclaim the first Memorial/Decoration Day?
Who is: General John A. Logan, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, officially proclaimed May 30 as Decoration Day in 1868 “for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion.”
500
What percentage of companies close in the United States to honor Memorial Day?
What is: 95%
500
Where did the tradition of wearing a red poppy in remembrance of the fallen come from?
What is: 1915, bright red flowers began poking through the battle-ravaged land across northern France and Flanders (northern Belgium). Canadian Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, who served as a brigade surgeon for an Allied artillery unit, spotted a cluster of the poppies shortly after serving as a brigade surgeon during the bloody Second Battle of Ypres. The sight of the bright red flowers against the dreary backdrop of war inspired McCrae to pen the poem, "In Flanders Field," in which he gives voice to the soldiers who had been killed in battle and lay buried beneath the poppy-covered grounds. Later that year, a Georgia teacher and volunteer war worker named Moina Michael read the poem in Ladies' Home Journal and wrote her own poem, "We Shall Keep the Faith" to begin a campaign to make the poppy a symbol of tribute to all who died in war. The poppy remains a symbol of remembrance to this day.