More Than Half of Americans Don’t Truly Know Why We Observe Memorial Day
Memorial Day… And at least half of us don’t know what it’s REALLY about.
A new survey reveals that 57% of Americans don’t know that Memorial Day is when we honor FALLEN members of the Armed Forces who died in service.
And: one-out-of-three said they weren’t sure what the difference is, between Veterans Day and Memorial Day.
Over a quarter thought Memorial Day was about honoring ALL veterans… which is what Veterans Day is about.
That said, 83% of us think it’s important to do something to commemorate the holiday.
And we’ve got plans this year, though 8 out of 10 people say they’ll have to do things a little differently, because of the lockdown.
The top ways we’ll commemorate Memorial Day are by:
flying a flag, leaving a flag or flowers at a soldier’s grave, attending a patriotic event, flying a flag at half-staff and visiting a monument or war memorial.
