Let's Celebrate
Armed Forces
Freedom
Catchy Tunes
Symbols
100
Why do we celebrate Veteran's Day
What is to honor our Veteran's for duty in war.
100
What divisions make up the Armed Forces
What is Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard?
100
Name the specific freedoms we cherish.
What is the Bill of Rights?
100
You're a grand ol' flag You're a high-flying flag And forever in peace may you wave. You're the emblem of the land I love, The home of the free and the brave. Every heart beats true Under red, white and blue Where there's never a boast or brag. Should auld acquaintance be forgot - Keep your eye on the grand ol' flag!
What is Grand Ol' Flag
100
Name the wars that Veteran's Day now commemorates.
What is WWI, WWII, Vietnam, Gulf War, American's All American Wars. Who gave duty/served
200
What date is Veteran's Day?
What is November 11th
200
Why do men and woman serve in the U.S. armed forces?
What is to serve our country.
200
Why do we have freedom of speech?
What is ....personal
200
God bless America. Land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her, Through the night with the light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the ocean, white with foam. God bless America! My home, sweet home, God bless America! My home, sweet home.
What is God Bless America
200
What symbol do many homes display in their windows on Veteran's Day?
What is the American Flag
300
Which U.S. president first declared the day a legal holiday?
What is Roosevelt-Armistice Day. Eisenhower-made Armistice Day Veteran's Day.
300
Name the other countries in which a monument is erected to an unknown soldier.
What is Westminster Abbey in London & Arc de Tri omphe in Paris Bahgdad & Russia
300
Why do we have freedom to vote?
What is ....personal
300
Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
The Star-Spangled Banner
300
Why do veterans sell small red poppies on Veteran's Day?
What is poppies signify rememberance and grow best in fresh turned earth as in the battle fields after WWI. To fund servicing Veterans.
400
Name the special Veteran's Day service annually observed at Arlington, Virginia.
What is The Tomb of The Unknowns
400
In other countries, what day compares to our Veteran's Day?
What is Rememberance Day-Canada & Australia. Armistice- Great Britian
400
Why do we have the right to education?
What is ...personal
400
O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain; For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood, From sea to shining sea.
O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
400
How many stars are on the American Flag?
What is 50
500
Name the important military holiday held in May
What is Memorial Day?
500
How many stripes are on the American Flag
What is 13
500
Why do we have choice?
What is ....personal
500
Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims’ pride, From every mountainside, Let freedom ring!
What is My Country, ’Tis of Thee
500
What do the stripes on the American Flag stand for? To get the Daily Dbl....what do the colors stand for?
What is the original Thirteen colonies. White represents courage and red represents the blood shed.