Colleen Raab

Why do we celebrate Memorial Day?

In this video we are going to discuss what memorial day is for kids, so follow along with us as we tell you all about these memorial day facts for kids.

Memorial Day is a day to honor and remember all of the men and women who died fighting for our country. These men and women dedicated their lives so we can be a free nation. That is the real reason for celebrating Memorial Day

It is celebrated every year on the last Monday of the month of May.

Originally, Memorial Day was known as Decoration Day

Memorial Day was called decoration day because family members of fallen soldiers decorated their graves with flowers

May 30th, 1868 was the first service to honor fallen soldiers at Arlington national cemetery. President Ulysses S. Grant was present and General James Garfield gave a speech.

Decoration day originally only honored the soldiers who died in the civil war. After WW1 it was changed to all soldiers who lost their lives in war.

In 1967, it w