When Will It Ever End?

Memorial Day, in the United States, was begun just after the Civil War as a day of remembrance for those who died in that conflict. It now honors all U.S. military who died in action.
Here's a translation by Arthur Waley of a Chinese poem from about 124 B.C.

Fighting South of the Castle
                                        They fought south of the castle,                                        They died north of the wall.                                         They died in the moors and...