Memorial Day Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. A meeting or conference with heads of state; highest point of a peak or mountain.
  2. 3. Memorial Day was originally called _________ Day.
  3. 6. Our soldiers fight for our ______.
  4. 7. Memorial Day food.
  5. 9. Memorial Day tradition that involves flying an American flag a certain way.
  6. 11. Coin left on a veteran's headstone that signifies the grave was visited.
  7. 14. Month Memorial Day is celebrated in.
  8. 16. After what U.S. war was Memorial Day established?
Down
  1. 2. What day of the week does this Memorial Day fall on?
  2. 4. Every Memorial Day, a national moment of remembrance takes place at _____ pm local time.
  3. 5. The oldest age eligible to join this branch of the military is 28.
  4. 8. Coin left on a veteran's headstone that means you were there when that veteran passed on in the field of battle.
  5. 10. Item placed on every gravestone in all National Cemeteries.
  6. 12. York State that held the most Civil War causalities at 39,000 soldiers.
  7. 13. During World War II, 1,076,245 American _____ risked their lives.
  8. 15. City with one of the largest Memorial Day parades in the United States.