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Did You Know?• Memorial Day was was first observedon May 30, 1868.• Memorial Day was originally called“Decoration Day.”• Memorial Day was originally created tohonor Union soldiers who died whilefighting in the Civil War. Because of this,southern states did not observeMemorial Day until after World War I,when the holiday was expanded toinclude soldiers from all wars.• In 1924, an artificial poppy factory wascreated in Pittsburgh, Pa., and employedveterans who needed work.• Memorial Day observances were at anall-time low in the 1960′s, then experi-enced a resurgence in the 1980′s.• On the Thursday before Memorial Day,soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry (TheOld Guard) place small American flagsat each of the more than 260,000 grave-stones at Arlington National Cemetery.They patrol the cemetery 24 hours aday during the weekend to ensure thateach flag remains standing.• In 2004, Washington D.C. held its firstMemorial Day parade in over 60 years.This coincided with the dedication of theNational World War II Memorial.• “Memorial Day” did not become theholiday’s official name until 1967, whenfederal law declared it.• In 1968, Memorial Day was movedfrom its traditional May 30 date to thelast Monday in May in order to ensure athree-day weekend.

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Memorial Day is more than just athree-day weekend and a chance to getthe year’s first sunburn.Memorial Day was a response to the

unprecedented carnage of the CivilWar, in which some 620,000 soldiers onboth sides died. The loss of life and itseffect on communities throughout theNorth and South led to spontaneouscommemorations of the dead:

In 1864, women from Boalsburg,Pa., put flowers on the graves of theirdead from the just-fought Battle ofGettysburg. The next year, a group ofwomen decorated the graves of soldiersburied in a Vicksburg, Miss., cemetery.

In April 1866, women fromColumbus, Miss., laid flowers on thegraves of both Union and Confederatesoldiers. It was recognized at the timeas an act of healing regional wounds. Inthe same month, up in Carbondale, Ill.,219 Civil War veterans marchedthrough town in memory of the fallen toWoodlawn Cemetery, where Union heroMaj. Gen. John A. Logan delivered theprincipal address. The ceremony gaveCarbondale its claim to the first organ-ized, community-wide Memorial Dayobservance.Waterloo, N.Y., began holding an

annual community service on May 5,1866. Although many towns claimed thetitle, it was Waterloo that won congres-sional recognition as the “birthplace ofMemorial Day.”Three years after the Civil War

ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of theGrand Army of the Republic (GAR)established Decoration Day as a timefor the nation to decorate the graves ofthe war dead with flowers. Maj. Gen.John A. Logan declared that DecorationDay should be observed on May 30.This date was chosen because flowerswould be in bloom all over the country.From the practice of decorating

graves with flowers, wreaths and flags,the holiday was long known asDecoration Day. The name MemorialDay goes back to 1882, but the older

name didn’t disappear until after WorldWar II. Federal law declared “MemorialDay” the official name in 1967.In 1915, inspired by the poem “In

Flanders Fields,” Moina Michael repliedwith her own poem.

We cherish too, the Poppy redThat grows on fields where valor led,It seems to signal to the skiesThat blood of heroes never dies.

She then came up with an idea ofwearing red poppies on Memorial day inhonor of those who died serving thenation during war. She was the first towear one, and sold poppies to her

friends and co-workers with the moneygoing to benefit servicemen in need.Since the late 1950′s on the

Thursday just before Memorial Day,around 1200 soldiers of the 3d U.S.Infantry place small American flags ateach of the more than 260,000 grave-stones at Arlington National Cemetery.They then patrol 24 hours a day duringthe weekend to ensure that each flagremains standing. In 1951, the BoyScouts and Cub Scouts of St. Louisbegan placing flags on the 150,000graves at Jefferson Barracks NationalCemetery as an annual Good Turn, apractice that continues to this day.In 2000, Congress established a

National Moment of Remembrance,which asks Americans to pause for oneminute at 3 p.m. in an act of nationalunity. The time was chosen because 3p.m. “is the time when most Americansare enjoying their freedoms on thenational holiday.”And in 2004, Washington D.C. held

its first Memorial Day parade more than60 years.

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Materials Required:newspaperred/green paintpaintbrushscissorsgluethin cardboardtwigsblack feltwax paperpoppy seeds

Paint your newspaper red. The clas-sified section works best as there arefewer pictures but use whatever you like.Let dry.

While you have your paints out youcan paint a sheet or two green if youwant to make a few poppy leaves.

You need to cut 2 circles out of yourthin cardboard for each flower.

Cut some poppy shaped petals outof your painted paper. They are a bitheart shaped.You need about 5 for eachflower.

Place a bead of glue around theinner edge of one of your cardboard cir-cles and put your petals into place.

Take your second cardboard circle,cover with glue and sprinkle poppyseeds all over it, press down with yourfingers to make sure those seeds aresecure.

Put some glue in the center of your

petals and glue your poppy seed circleinto place.

Cut a circle out of the felt that isslightly larger than the 2 cardboard cir-cles.

Put some glue on the back of yourpoppy, place twig in the center and coverwith the black felt pressing it to surroundthe twig.

The felt holds the twig in place.Let dry.You can cut out some poppy

leaves from the green painted paper ifyou wish and glue them to the twig.

If your poppies will be seen from theback as well as the front you might wantto paint both sides of the paper.