Memorial Day 2023 Origin of Holiday

Memorial Day – 2023... origin of holiday Strong and brave men and women gave their level best crème de la crème strongest and bravest leaving grieving significant others with emotional agony within treasured chest o'er the redoubt the the enemy did crest where lovely bones of forebears for everest dead bodies strewn across killing fields hostility among warring factions finessed forsook their lives eternal peace they rest honored and revered succumbed mortal electric kool-aid acid test though I question if sacrificed life worth a spit of land to wrest. Now pardon ma faux pas from dis po' pa try'n 2b sleek line six starting here necessitated minor tweak a reasonable rhyme rhyme, where sense and sensibility weak Officially called Decoration Day proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan first observed on 30 May 1868 Waterloo N.Y. officially declared the birthplace by President Lyndon Johnson in May 1966. though seven and nine tenths score years since (minor emendation regarding time frame since original date I crafted poem) Appomattox, a psychological balm helped stitch frayed nation to calm served as silent psalm since bombardment at Fort Sumter qualm. National holiday most adept at uniting Civil War fallen soldiers when fiercely armed as brother in arms crept against opposing forces, which took by surprise “enemies” or found inept ill prepared troops with surprise mortal blow which ambushed attackers leapt mowing down valiant soldiers, thus becoming slain grooms who eternally slept sorrowful lamentable hymns from widowed brides tears wept. Cease fire that day terminating internecine flay o’er mounds of earth whence bones o boys donned blue or gray a day of remembrance for those who died in our nation's service lay celebrated this last Monday every May one must know tis not about division boot about reconciliation and sacrifice brave heroes did pay, the price of their lives for granted freedoms enjoyed as american lee-way. Forsooth, now we cherish too, the Poppy red That grows on fields where valor led, It seems to signal to the skies That blood of heroes never dies.