96 Memorial Day Trivia Questions with Answers
96 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What was the title of General John A. Logan’s 1868 order establishing a nationwide Decoration Day?
Answer
General Order No. 11
What is the official name of the U.S. holiday commonly called Memorial Day?
Answer
Memorial Day
Which nonprofit organizes Washington, D.C.’s National Memorial Day Parade?
Answer
American Veterans Center
What does Memorial Day primarily honor in the United States?
Answer
U.S. military personnel who died in service
On what date does Memorial Day fall in the United States in 2026?
Answer
May 25, 2026
Which U.S. president signed the law creating Arlington National Cemetery’s Memorial Amphitheater?
Answer
William Howard Taft
Which U.S. president delivered the first Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery?
Answer
James A. Garfield
Which national cemetery contains the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a major site of Memorial Day remembrance?
Answer
Arlington National Cemetery
Who is credited with first proposing a community Decoration Day in Waterloo, New York?
Answer
Henry C. Welles
Which U.S. city hosts the annual National Memorial Day Parade?
Answer
Washington, D.C.
What is Memorial Day officially called in the U.S. federal holiday calendar?
Answer
Memorial Day
What law moved Memorial Day to a Monday as part of a U.S. three-day-holiday schedule?
Answer
Uniform Monday Holiday Act
Which poem helped inspire the red poppy as an international remembrance symbol?
Answer
In Flanders Fields
Where is the National Memorial Day Concert traditionally performed?
Answer
The West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol
Which organization helped spread the original Decoration Day tradition after the Civil War?
Answer
Grand Army of the Republic
Which U.S. military cemetery hosts the president’s annual Memorial Day address?
Answer
Arlington National Cemetery
Since 1971, on which weekday is the U.S. federal Memorial Day holiday observed?
Answer
The last Monday in May
Which cemetery hosted the first national Decoration Day ceremony in 1868?
Answer
Arlington National Cemetery
What was Memorial Day originally called when it honored Civil War dead?
Answer
Decoration Day