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What Each National Holiday Honors is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on what each national holiday honors, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Civ.8.3-5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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What Each National Holiday Honors

D2.Civ.8.3-5

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Draw a line from each holiday to what it honors.

1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Independence Day
  • New Year's Day
  • Columbus Day
  • Labor Day
  • A.Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage to the Americas
  • B.The first day of the calendar year
  • C.The adoption of the Declaration of Independence
  • D.American workers and the labor movement
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Juneteenth
  • Christmas Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day)
  • A.June 19, 1865, when news of freedom reached enslaved people in Galveston, Texas
  • B.The first president, and for many people all presidents
  • C.A Christian holiday that is also a federal holiday
  • D.Military members who died serving the nation

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Answer key — What Each National Holiday Honors

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Independence Day — C (The adoption of the Declaration of Independence) 2. New Year's Day — B (The first day of the calendar year) 3. Columbus Day — A (Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage to the Americas) 4. Labor Day — D (American workers and the labor movement)
  2. 2.1. Juneteenth — A (June 19, 1865, when news of freedom reached enslaved people in Galveston, Texas) 2. Christmas Day — C (A Christian holiday that is also a federal holiday) 3. Memorial Day — D (Military members who died serving the nation) 4. Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day) — B (The first president, and for many people all presidents)

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.8.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.