Memorial Day

5. Originally known as Decoration Day
6. last Monday in May
8. A gift, testimonial, compliment given as due or in acknowledgement
11. Became an official ______ in 1971
12. In the late 1860s Americans begun holding springtime tributes to fallen Civil War ____
13. Businesses _______ and residents decorated the graves of soldiers with flowers and flags
15. Unofficial beginning of _______

1. To hold in honor or high respect; revere
2. Waterloo—which first ________ the day on May 5, 1866—was chosen
3. Purpose of Memorial Day is to honor the men and women who ______ serving in the Armed Forces
4. 1966 the federal government declared ________, New York, the official birthplace of Memorial Day
7. Established Memorial Day as the last ______ in May
9. 1968 Congress passed the ________ Monday Holiday Act
10. Decorated their graves with ______ and reciting prayers
13. War A war between political factions or regions within the same country
14. Started soon after the Civil ______