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When is Memorial Day?

• Memorial Day is on 4th of July.

• Memorial Day is on June 1st.

• Memorial Day is the last day in May.

• Memorial Day is the last day of school.

What does Memorial Day celebrate?

• It honors the soldiers fallen during the American Civil War.

• It honors the U.S. soldiers who died in World War I.

• It honors the American soldiers who died in World War II.

• It honors the soldiers who died at war serving in the US military.

Before being known as Memorial Day, this holiday was known as....

Who issued the order to decore soldiers' graves during Memorial Day?

• General John Logan

• The Commander in Chief (the president).

• The U. S. Secretary of Defense

• General Collin Powell

When was Decoration Day to be celebrated?

• Decoration Day should be celebrated every summer.

• Decoration Day should be celebrated every fall.

• Decoration Day should be celebrated every spring.

• Decoration Day should be celebrated every winter.

Where did the first Decoration Day take place?

• The first Decoration Day took place in the White House.

• The first Decoration Day took place at Arlington National Cemetery.

• The first Decoration Day took place in Fort Bragg, NC.

• The first Decoration Day took place in the CIA Hearquarters.

How many gravestones were decorated on the first Decoration Day?

• 5,000

• 20,000

• 25,000

• 30,000

What did people do after the Civil War?

• People said prayers for the fallen soldiers.

• People decorated their home gardens with U.S. flags.

• People observed a monument to the fallen heroes in silence.

• People decorated soldiers' graves with flags and flowers.

When was the first official Decoration Day?

• The first Decoration Day was on May 31, 1868.

• The first Decoration Day took place on May 30, 1868.

• Decoration Day started on on May Day, 1935

• Decoration Day was at the end of World War I, 1918.

Who were honored on the first Decoration Day?

• Republican and Democrat soldiers.

• American and English soldiers

• Union and Confederate soldiers.

• United States armed forces soldiers.