#MemorialDayAtHome
Looking for meaningful ways to honor Memorial Day at home this year? The 390th Memorial Museum has gathered a list of activities you can do with you family, as well as links to museums across the country offering online gatherings. We hope you will join us in #MemorialDayAtHome.
POPPY CRAFTS
View video instructions from the National WWI Museum and Memorial on creating a beautiful poppy pin with felt and hot glue.
These easy paper poppies from Three Little Ferns are made with simple household items and perfect for little people.
A great activity, courtesy of Jen Walshaw, creator of the website Mum in the Madhouse. This is a great interactive craft that requires a bit of skill but not too much in the way of supplies.
MEANINGFUL MEMORIAL ACTIVITIES
These lessons and activities developed by PBS may have been written for teachers, but they are perfect for families too! These activities can be done by PreK-5 aged children.
Write to a service member or first responder
Operation Gratitude offers many opportunities to support our first responders and military members. An easy but impactful activity is to use their online form to submit a message which will be printed on one of their postcards sent to our heroes.
ONLINE GATHERINGS
We will add gatherings to this section as we learn of them. Do you know of a live streaming ceremony or virtual memorial wall you think should be included? Please email us at museum@390th.org!
NATIONAL WWI MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL | Ceremony at 11am EDT, Bell Ringing at 12pm EDT
NATIONAL D-DAY MEMORIAL | Ceremony at 11am EDT
WWII MEMORIAL | Ceremony at 9am EDT
KOREAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL | Ceremony at 10am EDT
NAVY MEMORIAL | Ceremony at 1pm EDT
VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL | Ceremony at 1pm EDT
NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT | Live on PBS at 8pm EDT