Memorial Day Trivia

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  1. 3. What flower is associated with Memorial Day? ___.
  2. 5. President Bill Clinton decreed a National Moment of ___ at 3 PM each Memorial Day.
  3. 10. 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,”: ___.
  4. 13. According to HonorStates.org, 26 Buchanan County men were casualties of WWI; all but 11 died of ___.
  5. 14. In 1925, the American Legion created a ___ program; annually, about 82,000 youths play on Legion-sponsored teams.
  6. 20. 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.
  7. 21. The ___ Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919.
  8. 22. Springfield IL was the site of the first Boys ___ in 1935, an event organized by the American Legion.
  9. 24. The first official memorial ceremony recognizing war dead was held at ___ National Cemetery on May 30, 1868.
  10. 26. 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.
  11. 29. What was Memorial Day originally called? ___ Day.
  12. 31. The Grand Army of the Republic was a group of ___ veterans.
  13. 32. Decorating the graves of fallen soldiers began on May 30, 1868, after a call by the Grand Army of the ___.
  14. 33. 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.
  15. 34. 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.
  16. 35. During the National Memorial Day celebration, a small ___ is placed on each grave at Arlington National Cemetery.
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  1. 1. 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.
  2. 2. Donald Paul Kremer of Aurora, killed in action on Dec. 2, 1968, served as a rifleman in the ___ during the Vietnam War.
  3. 3. David Franklin Tidball of Independence died while serving on the USS Oklahoma at ___ ___ in 1941.
  4. 4. President Lyndon Johnson designated ___ NY the official birthplace of Memorial Day.
  5. 6. In March 1919, members of the American ___ Force convened in Paris for the first American Legion Caucus.
  6. 7. The song ___ is often played at Memorial Day ceremonies.
  7. 8. Memorial Day was established after which conflict? ___ ___.
  8. 9. Monia ___ started the tradition of wearing red poppies at Memorial Day, and sold poppies to her friends and coworkers to raise funds for servicemen in need.
  9. 11. The first Buchanan County man to volunteer to serve in the Union Army was Daniel S. ___.
  10. 12. After what war did Memorial Day become a holiday to honor the American dead from all wars? ___ ___ ___
  11. 15. ___ and New Zealand celebrate Anzac Day on April 25, to recognize the first military action by their forces in WWI.
  12. 16. Frank Faffl of Lamont was killed in action May 27, 1918, and is buried at the Somme American Cemetery in Bony, ___.
  13. 17. Merle ___, from Glidden, was one of the first U.S. soldiers killed in combat in World War I.
  14. 18. 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.”
  15. 19. The tradition of decorating the graves of the dead was based on the European Catholic Tradition of All ___ Day.
  16. 23. 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.
  17. 25. “___ Star” describes a family member who has lost a loved one in military service.
  18. 27. In 1971, the federal government declared the third ___ of May be a federal holiday.
  19. 28. The organization of a group of veterans now known as the American Legion was first proposed by Lt. Col. Theodore ___, Jr.
  20. 30. On Oct. 9, 1950, Donald D. Caldwell was the first Buchanan County man to die as a result of combat duty in the ___ War.