Across
- 3. event to celebrate a holiday; features balloons, floats, music, performances, etc.
- 4. in the US, this has 13 stripes and 50 stars
- 5. Memorial Day is the start of this season
- 8. national animal of the USA
- 9. common event to celebrate Memorial Day; includes a lot of food and spending time with family
- 13. to put on objects in order to make something more beautiful
- 15. memorial day began after this American war
- 16. day of the week this holiday is celebrated
- 17. a religious symbol made of two intersecting lines that is used to decorate graves on Memorial Day
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- 1. city where first celebrations began
- 2. leader of the United States; changes every 4 years
- 6. the group of people who fight in a war
- 7. city that is called the birthplace of Memorial Day
- 10. common decoration made of leaves and sticks
- 11. this day is celebrated at the end of May
- 12. the month in which the holiday is celebrated
- 14. first name of Memorial Day; ______ Day