Memorial Day Trivia

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  1. 3. In WWI, more than 114,000 Iowa men and women served in the U.S. armed forces; 51.7% of the men drafted were ___ or farm laborers.
  2. 7. In his response to John McCrae’s poem, Donald Connolly notes in the last stanza of Response to Flanders Fields , “… The larks still sing, the poppies weep. And spill their ___ at dawn each day.”
  3. 8. “___ Star” describes a family member who has lost a loved one in military service.
  4. 11. David Franklin Tidball of Independence died while serving on the USS Oklahoma at ___ ___ in 1941.
  5. 16. started the tradition of wearing red poppies at Memorial Day? ___
  6. 18. Memorial Day was established after which conflict? ___ ___.
  7. 20. In March 1919, members of the American ___ Force convened in Paris for the first American Legion Caucus.
  8. 21. Frank Faffl of Lamont was killed in action May 27, 1918, and is buried at the Somme American Cemetery in Bony, ___.
  9. 23. During the National Memorial Day celebration, a small ___ is placed on each grave at Arlington National Cemetery.
  10. 26. Iowan ___ Crandell was the first U.S. woman to die of injuries in a combat zone; she was serving in a canteen when an artillery shell exploded nearby.
  11. 28. The Grand Army of the Republic was a group of ___ veterans.
  12. 30. According to HonorStates.org, 26 Buchanan County men were casualties of WWI; all but 11 died of ___.
  13. 31. Merle ___, from Glidden, was one of the first U.S. soldiers killed in combat in World War I.
  14. 32. The tradition of decorating the graves of the dead was based on the European Catholic Tradition of All ___ Day.
  15. 33. Springfield IL was the site of the first Boys ___ in 1935, an event organized by the American Legion.
  16. 34. President Bill Clinton decreed a National Moment of ___ at 3 PM each Memorial Day.
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  1. 1. In 1925, the American Legion created a ___ program; annually, about 82,000 youths play on Legion-sponsored teams.
  2. 2. The ___ Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919.
  3. 4. What was Memorial Day originally called? ___ Day.
  4. 5. After what war did Memorial Day become a holiday to honor the American dead from all wars? ___ ___ ___
  5. 6. What flower is associated with Memorial Day? ___.
  6. 9. Decorating the graves of fallen soldiers began on May 30, 1868, after a call by the Grand Army of the ___.
  7. 10. Donald Paul Kremer of Aurora, killed in action on Dec. 2, 1968, served as a rifleman in the ___ during the Vietnam War.
  8. 12. ___ and New Zealand celebrate Anzac Day on April 25, to recognize the first military action by their forces in WWI.
  9. 13. Petty Officer First Class Anthony Snoble of Hazleton served on the USS O’Brien; he was declared dead March 27, 1945, while missing in action and is listed as ___ at sea.
  10. 14. On Oct. 9, 1950, Donald D. Caldwell was the first Buchanan County man to die as a result of combat duty in the ___ War.
  11. 15. The first official memorial ceremony recognizing war dead was held at ___ National Cemetery on May 30, 1868.
  12. 17. According to The Wall of Faces (vvmf.org), the names of 14 Buchanan County veterans are inscribed on the ___ Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington DC.
  13. 19. President Lyndon Johnson designated ___ NY the official birthplace of Memorial Day.
  14. 22. The organization of a group of veterans now known as the American Legion was first proposed by Lt. Col. Theodore ___, Jr.
  15. 24. The line in a famous poem by Canadian doctor and teacher John McCrae, traditionally read at Memorial Day events, reads “In Flanders ___ the poppies blow,”: ___.
  16. 25. The American Legion ___ was formed in 1919, allowing women most closely associated with the men of the Legion to serve with the Legion, in peace as they had in war; in less than a year, 1,342 units were organized in more than 45 states.
  17. 26. In 1971, the federal government declared the third ___ of May be a federal holiday.
  18. 27. Winthrop soldier Gerald Dunlap, a technician with the U.S. Army Air Corps, died July 9, 1942, while a Japanese ___ of war / died as a result of malaria and beri-beri at Bataan while evading capture by the Japanese; he is memorialized at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
  19. 29. The first Buchanan County man to volunteer to serve in the Union Army was Daniel S. ___.