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Veteran's Day
Scavenger Hunt
Created by: Kimberly Hallam
Introduction Questions The Big Question Internet Resources
Introduction
This scavenger hunt is designed to help educate students on the importance of
Veteran's Day and other related areas. Students seem to know that this is a day
where they do not have school, but many do not really have an understanding
of why it is observed. By using the Internet and the addresses given, they will
need to answer the questions below. This in turn should help the students
understand why we observe this holiday.
** This page is for my father, grandfather, great uncle
and all other veteran's who have served their country proudly.
Find the answers to the questions below and record copy the web address
of the site you used to find them.
1. Find the celebrated ending of World War I. (hour, day, month)
2. When did Armistice Day become a national holiday?
3. Why does The Old Guard keep day and night vigils at the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier?
What site/sites did you use to find these answers?
1. When was the official flag established?
2. When was the first time the Stars and Stripes flew in a Flag Day
celebration?
3. When was Flag Day voted to be a permanent holiday?
What site/sites did you use to find these answers?
1. During what types of weather should a flag not be flown? Why?
2. How should a flag be placed over a casket?
3. List 3 things one should never do, out of respect, to the flag.
What site/sites did you use to find these answers?
1. Who was the first person to use the name "Old Glory"?
2. Where did Captain Driver hide his flag?
3. Where is this flag today?
What site/sites did you use to find these answers?
1. What is an easy way to remember when to fly the flag at half-staff?
2. How long should a flag be flown at half-staff after the President of the
United States dies?
3. Who issued the proclamation stating when to fly the flag at half-staff?
When did this happen?
What site/sites did you use to find these answers?
1. How many words are there in "The Pledge of Allegiance"?
2. What was "The Pledge of Allegiance" written for?
3. When did school children first recite "The Pledge of Allegiance"?
4. What does "One Nation indivisible" refer to?
5. How does "The Pledge of Allegiance" now read?
What site/sites did you use to find these answers?
1. How long has the bald eagle been our national bird?
2. Name the four gold coins in which the eagle appears on the reverse side.
3. Why has the eagle declined in recent times?
What site/sites did you use to find these answers?
1. When did "The Star Spangled Banner" officially become the national
anthem?
2. Name two other songs that were considered for use as the national
anthem.
3. How many verses does "The Star Spangled Banner" have and what is the
last line of each verse.
What site/sites did you use to find these answers?
1. When was the song given the name "taps"?
2. By what date was it regulation to play taps at military funerals?
3. When is taps now played?
What site/sites did you use to find these answers?
1. In 1841, the gun salute was standardized to how many guns?
2. When was the 21-gun salute formally adopted?
3. Why is it believed that gun salutes are set off in odd numbers?
What site/sites did you use to find these answers?
1. When was Decoration Day established?
2. Where is the official birthplace of Memorial Day?
3. When was Memorial Day declared a national holiday?
4. How many Americans have died in the nation's wars?
What site/sites did you use to find these answers?
1. When did national cemeteries begin?
2. Who were declared eligible for burial in national cemeteries after World
War II?
3. Name the 3 departments that oversee the national cemeteries.
What site/sites did you use to find these answers?
1. How many people visit Arlington National Cemetery every year?
2. When was the first soldier buried in Arlington?
3. Who can be buried here?
4. Name 4 prominent Americans buried in Arlington.
What site/sites did you use to find these answers?
The Big Questions
1. Find pictures of at least 4 different war memorials. Insert them and label them.
2. What is the name of the following poem and who wrote it?
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe!
To you from failing hands, we throw
The torch-Be yours to hold it high!
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
3. Write a short essay (~3 paragraphs) describing the history and meaning of
Veteran’s Day.
Related Internet Sites
The following sites contain information related to veterans and
Veteran's Day. Look at these sites and find out some incredible
information about what this day means to our country and the people
who have fought to defend it.
http://www.mdw.army.mil/cemetery.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1465/militarytimeline.html
http://students.itec.sfsu.edu/itec815/mcmullin/
http://www.VirtualWall.org