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1. What was the original name of the holiday now known as Memorial Day?

Decoration Day

Celebration Day

Recognition Day

Remembrance Day

Commemoration Day

2. Who was president when a new law establishing Memorial Day as a national holiday went into effect?

Grant

Nixon

Wilson

Lincoln

Truman

3. On which single day were the most U.S. soldiers killed in battle?

June 6, 1944, Normandy

July 2, 1863, Gettysburg

September 8, 1950, Korea

September 17, 1862, Antietam

December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor

4. Of the 155 national cemeteries in the USA and Puerto Rico, which has the most graves?

Arlington

Calverton

Gettysburg

West Point

Fort Leavenworth

5. All former commanders-in-chief are eligible, but only two presidents are buried at Arlington National Cemetery. One is William Howard Taft; who is the other?

Zachary Taylor

John F. Kennedy

Ulysses S. Grant

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Dwight D. Eisenhower

6. There are 26 military cemeteries outside the United States. In which nation are the most U.S. veterans buried?

France

Belgium

Philippines

Luxembourg

United Kingdom

7. A WW II general wrote this moving line about overseas wars: 'All we asked was enough soil in which to bury our gallant dead.' Who?

Mark Clark

Omar Bradley

George Patton

George Marshall

Dwight Eisenhower

8. The first 'Tomb of the Unknown Soldier' was dedicated following which war?

Civil War

Korean War

World War I

World War II

Vietnam War

9. In 1882 a famed poet penned a tribute to dead soldiers which ends thusly: 'Yours has the suffering been, The memory shall be ours.' Who was it?

Robert Frost

Edgar Allan Poe

Emily Dickinson

Henry David Thoreau

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

10. Which flower is a traditional symbol of Memorial Day, both here and in many countries around the world?

Lily

Carnation

Red Poppy

Black Rose

Forget-Me-Not