EL SEGUNDO HERALD May 24, 2018 Page 17
We are marching in the parade... ...and then having a community picnic.
Remembering on Memorial Day
peace
veterans
graves
May
band
In Loving Memory
A-MAZING DAY!
1. First, Ben is getting up early to
go to a service in the cemetery.
2. Next, he is to carry the flag in
the Memorial Day Parade.
3. Later, Ben is going on a family
picnic.
Can you help him find his way
through his busy and A-mazing
Memorial Day? For a bigger
challenge, find your way using
each path only one time!
We like
going to
family
picnics!
Today I’m visiting The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in
Washington, D.C. It honors all the people who served
in Vietnam. The wall lists the names of the people who
died or were never found due to this war. There are more
than 58,000 names
on the wall.
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Memorial Day is a day for remembering – a day for thinking about all the people
who have sacrificed so much for our country. Read the clues to fill in the crossword:
Memorial Day is:
1. raising the _____ to full staff at noon
2. the last Monday in _____
3. remembering and sharing _____
of our dead
4. a time to remember our country's _____
5. a day of prayer for _____
6. a day to decorate _____ with flowers
7. gathering for _____ in the cemetery
8. a time to honor all who have died
fighting for our _____
The firing of weapons is often used to mark special
occasions. On Memorial Day you may hear a twenty-one
gun salute during which seven servicepeople with rifles
shoot three times. Connect the dots to see another
weapon that you may hear fired at a special ceremony.
A Booming Salute!
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Hey,
look!
Cover your ears!
Mini
Quiz!
Mini Quiz!
Mini
Quiz!
What is a Memorial?
A. a person who
belongs to a group
B. something that is
built or held to
remember a
person or an event
C. to learn something
by heart
D. a short time
A. a small yellow parrot
B. a light umbrella to shade
a person from the sun
C. a wild bird park
D. people and bands marching
past rows of people watching
What is a salute?
A. a big sale at the store
B. very salty soup
C. raising the right hand to the forehead
in greeting and to show respect
D. a large, pink fish
Can you find and circle millions
of words...just kidding, at least eight
words that begin with the letter “m”
as in the word Memorial?
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9. a day to think about Abraham Lincoln's
_____, called the Gettysburg Address,
which honored those who “...gave their
lives that that nation might live.”
10. marching in a _____
11. going on a family _____
12. hearing a _____ play
services
flag
parade
country
memories
speech picnic
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Start
I like
the
parade!
R.I.P
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