Flag Salute
Song—"Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Story of Memorial Day
Stories from the battle-fields of 1861 and 1918, told by larger pupils, adult members of the community, or soldiers
"The Blue and the Gray"
Song—"Keep the Home Fires Burning"
"The Gettysburg Address"
"In Flanders Fields"
Song—"America" or "The Star Spangled Banner"
Preparatory to the making and carrying out of a Memorial Day program, the teacher, a group of pupils or some wide-awake member of the community should talk about the sacrifices made by the soldiers of our country during the different wars in which we have been engaged; what great principles they have fought for, and why we should honor their memory in the public schools of our land. Throughout the preparation and the execution of the program there should be a consciousness of the debt we owe to those who have fought and died for freedom's cause. The simplest program prepared in this spirit will be of lasting value to the children of the school and to the members of the community in which the exercises are held.