Remembering Through Stories: Historical Memorial Day Books for Kids

Twenty-One Steps

Story of the Tomb of the Unknown Solider, established after WWI

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The Poppy Lady

Story about the woman who establish red poppies as a symbol of WWI remembrance

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The Wall

Story of a father and son finding a special name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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A Day for Rememberin'

Gentle picture book about the first Memorial Day in 1865

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The Boys' War

Powerful narrative based on firsthand accounts of young Civil War soldiers

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Patrol

Gripping picture story-poem about a young Vietnam War soldier

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Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood

Stunning graphic novel about life in the trenches during WWI

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Guns for General Washington

Middle grade novel about life as a Revolutionary War soldier

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The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins

Fictional WWII diary of a young American soldier experiencing the battle of Normandy 

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Two Roads

Story of a Depression-era boy whose veteran father marches for his benefits 

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