4. Read the text and put the words decorated, civilizations, joint, peace, citizen
Memorial Day in the USA
Honoring the dead has been a practice of many (1). The ancient Druids, Greeks, and Romans (2) the graves of their loved ones with flowers. In the United States, the dead have been honored on Memorial Day since the time of the Civil War. In1967 a proclamation of President Johnson and a (3) congressional resolution officially join recognized Waterloo as ‘the birthplace of Memorial Day. And the Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May. Each year the President of the US issues a special Memorial Day proclamation which includes a call for (4) to observe the on as a day of prayer for (5).