<p>Name: ______Date: ______Per.: ______HONORING OUR VETERANS WebQuest: A DIGITAL SCAVENGER HUNT Directions: What do you know about Veterans Day? Explore the Web sites given to learn about that national holiday. Then read each statement below and answer it based on your research! </p><p>Part I: Veterans Day http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/vetdayhistory.asp </p><p>1. This U.S. president was the first to declare November 11 a holiday in 1919 ______.</p><p>2. In 1954, which U.S. president changed the name of the holiday celebrated on November 11 to Veterans Day? ______</p><p>3. November 11 was chosen as the day for honoring U.S. veterans because which war ended on November 11, 1918? ______</p><p>4. This year, Americans will celebrate Veterans Day on this date. ______, ______</p><p>List 2 additional facts that you have learned from this website: 1. ______2. ______http://www.usflag.org/colors.html </p><p>5. What do the colors of our flag stand for? a. Red: ______b. White: ______c. Blue: ______http://www.usflag.org/history/powmia.html 6. In what year was the POW-MIA Flag created? ______</p><p>7. What is the motto of the flag? ______http://www.pow-miafamilies.org/about-the-league/ 8. What do POW and MIA stand for?</p><p>9. What does the message at the bottom of the flag mean?</p><p>List 2 additional facts that you have learned from this website: 1. ______2. ______</p><p>Part II: Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore/Changing-of-the-Guard</p><p>1. Where is the Tomb of the Unknowns located? ______</p><p>2. How often does the “changing of the guard” occur? ______</p><p>3. What is significant about the number 21? ______</p><p>4. What are Sentinels? Why are they important?</p><p>List 2 additional facts that you have learned from this website: 1. ______2. ______http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore/Tomb-of-the-Unknown-Soldier 5. The first soldier buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns died in what war? ______</p><p>6. What do the three figures sculpted on the Tomb of the Unknowns represent? ______, ______and ______. http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/btt/veterans_day/history.shtml </p><p>7. How many unidentified soldiers have there been?</p><p>8. What is “Taps”? Why is it significant?</p><p>List 2 additional facts that you have learned from this website: 9. ______10. ______http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore-the-Cemetery/Notable-Graves/Presidents </p><p>11. Name two presidents that have been buried at Arlington National Ceremony. http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore-the-Cemetery/Notable-Graves/Minorities/Foreign-Nationals </p><p>12. How many “foreign nationals” have been buried there?</p>