BLOODY BATTLEFIELDS

Memorial Day, is a federal holiday in the USA,
Honoring soldiers who've died in wars, here and away.

An annual event on the last Monday in May,
Began after the 1868 Civil War, they say.

Decoration Day is the commemoration's original name,
Honoring dead soldiers' fighting for freedom's gain.

Celebrations include placing flowers on heroes graves,
Those military men and women, whose life they gave.

More than a million Americans have died in war,
Protecting liberty and justice, homeland and more.

Killed by enemy "atrocities" these women, these men,
Are deserving of honor by every being and friend.

So let buglers play taps and flags fly at half-staff,
Honoring heroic sacrifices as soldiers' in graves, amass.