Did you ever want to know what Memorial Day is all about, when it started and why?
If so the CAE Discovery Club Gang found a cool site to check out that gets you started with your research =>KidsKonnect: Memorial Day was first celebrated on May 30, 1868… [ https://kidskonnect.com/holidays-seasons/memorial-day/]
“Memorial Day was first celebrated on May 30, 1868. It was observed by placing flowers on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers during the first national celebration. After World War I, Memorial Day was changed from honoring civil war dead to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war. See the fact file below for more information on Memorial Day.”
Kidskonnect also has a cool free download “Memorial Day study guide” you can find at https://kidskonnect.com/holidays-seasons/memorial-day/ but as always, be sure to get an adult’s permission before downloading anything!
CAE Discoverers honor those that have served our country!
In honoring those who served and died for us to be a free nation a tradition of playing TAPS (usually on a bugle) is performed.
per YouTube: “This version of taps was recorded by the United States Navy Band at the following locations:
Display Ship Barry, Washington Navy Yard
U.S. Navy Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Twenty-four notes. It’s a simple melody, 150 years old, that can express our gratitude when words fail. Taps honors the men and women who have laid down their lives and paid the ultimate sacrifice for the cause of freedom. Fair winds and following seas, shipmates.”