Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (May 25 in 2009). Some Americans view Memorial Day as the unofficial beginning of summer and Labor Day as the unofficial end of the season. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War, it was expanded after World War I to include American casualties of any war or military action.
Following the end of the Civil War, many communities set aside a day to mark the end of the war or as a memorial to those who had died. Now, people celebrate by decorating graves of soldiers with flowers and little American flags. Schools, bands, and post offices are closed. There are military parades and memorial programs. 
And have many people make poems or songs to celebrate the Memorial day. In 1915, inspired by the poem "In Flanders Fields," Moina Michael replied with her own poem:
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.
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