Memorial+Day+Research

Use the websites below to find out the history of Memorial Day and how it is celebrated today.

Write out the questions below into your notebook and take "brief" notes. You will develop a typed essay on the Word application when you have all of the information needed.

1) What is the origin/history of Memorial Day? What other names was this holiday identified with? When was it named by official  federal law?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day#History

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOcl17HIa7c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YChfpVD5xpk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUZHTE1jMXg

2) How do we recognize the differences between Memorial Day and Veterans Day? https://teenkidsnews.com/tkn-news/history/whats-the-difference-between-memorial-day-and-veterans-day/

3) What are some of the customs and rituals associated with Memorial Day?

4) Where is the 1st location of a soldiers grave to be decorated?

5) How was Memorial Day or Decorations Day celebrated in the North compared to the Southern U.S.? Why do you think they are different?

6) What war prompted the need to remember the fallen soldiers?

7) How is Memorial Day celebrated today? http://www.pbs.org/national-memorial-day-concert/memorial-day/meaning/

8) Explain why "Poppies" are so significant:

9) What friends or family will you honor this Memorial Day?

10) Describe why this holiday is important to observe: