Usuku lokukhumbula

Ukuhlonela 'Abalahlekileyo' Abafileyo

I-Statue yama-Servicemen amathathu inxalenye ye-Vietnam Veterans Memorial ye-National Park Service ehlonipha "abalibeleyo" abafileyo

"Ngoko ke kumntu ongenamdla obuza ukuba kutheni iSuku lweSikhumbuzo sisagcinwa singaphendula, siwubhiyozela kwaye siqinisekisa ngokunyanisekileyo umnyaka wonyaka isenzo sesizwe sentshiseko kunye nokholo. Iquka inkolelo enkulu kakhulu inkolelo yethu yokuba senze ngentshiseko kwaye ukholo luyimeko yokusebenza kakhulu.Ukulwela imfazwe, kufuneka ukholwe into kwaye ufuna into ethile ngamandla akho.


- U-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. kwidilesi eyithunyelwa kwiSikhumbuzo, ngoMeyi 30, 1884, eKeene, NH.

Unyaka ngamnye, ngoMvulo wokugqibela ngoMeyi, uhlanga lwethu lugubha iSuku lweSikhumbuzo. Kwabaninzi, le mini ayithatha intsingiselo ekhethekileyo ngaphandle kokuba mhlawumbi usuku olususwe emsebenzini, i-barbecue ebhantshi, ukuqala kwexesha lokuhamba kwehlobo, okanye kubahwebi, ithuba lokubamba i-Weekend sales Weekend. Enyanisweni, iholide ijongwa ngokuhlonipha abasebenzi basezixhobo ezixhobileyo zesizwe ababulawa ngexesha lokulwa.

Imvelaphi

Isiko lokuhlonipha amangcwaba efile imfazwe saqala ngaphambi kokuphela kweMfazwe Yomphakathi, kodwa iSuku loSuku lweSikhumbuzo seeholide (okanye "Usuku loDumo," njengoko lalibizwa ngokuba yi-original name) laqala ukubonakala ngoMeyi 30, 1868, umyalelo kaGeneral John Alexander Logan ngenjongo yokuhlobisa amangcwaba e-American Civil War. Ngethuba lexesha, iSikhumbuzo sasinwezelwa ukuba sizukise bonke abo bafa enkonzweni esizweni, ukusuka kwiMfazwe yeNguquko kuze kube ngoku.

Kwaqhubeka kuphawulwa ngoMeyi 30 ukuya ku-1971, xa amaninzi amazwe ashintshile kwishedyuli yesandlediso esandula kusungulwa.

Usuku lweSikhumbuzo seConstedate, kanye neeholide yomthetho kumazwe amaninzi asezantsi, lisekhona ngoMsombuluko wesine ngo-Ephreli e-Alabama, kwaye ngoMvulo wokugqibela ngo-Ephreli eMosissippi naseGeorgia.

Umzuzu weSizwe wokukhunjulwa

Ngowe-Meyi ka-1997 wabona ukuqala kwezinto eziba yiNkokheli yaseMelika ehlonishwa nguMongameli kunye namalungu e-Congress - ukubeka "isikhumbuzo" kwiSikhumbuzo. Ingcamango yeSizwe Sokukhumbula Isikhumbuzo saZwelonke sazalwa ngonyaka ngaphambi kokuba abantwana bebhenkethe iLafayette Park eWashington, DC babuzwa ukuba yiyiphi iSikhumbuzo Sosuku kwaye bathi, "Ngaloo mini amanzi avulekileyo!"

I "Moment" yaqaliswa ngu-No Greater Love, e-Washington, DC-based organization humanitarian organization. Ngesihlandlo sokuqala kwimbali yase-US, kwiSikhumbuzo ngo-1997 "Iifom" zadlalwa ngo-3 ebusuku kwiindawo ezininzi nakwiziganeko kulo lonke elaseMelika. Le migudu yaphindaphinda kwakhona kwiminyaka elandelayo.

Injongo ye-"Moment" kukuphakamisa ukuba abantu baseMelika bahloniphe ngeminikelo ehloniphekileyo eyenziwe ngabo bafa ngenkathi bekhusela isizwe sethu kwaye bakhuthaze bonke abantu baseMelika ukuba bazukise abo bafa ngenxa yokusebenza kwesi sizwe ngokumisa umzuzu omnye Ngo-3: 00 ntambama (ixesha langoku) kwiSikhumbuzo.

INational Park Service

Nangona sikhetha ukugubha uSuku lweSikhumbuzo kanye kuphela ngonyaka, kukho iipaki zelizwe lase-US ezinomhla wama-365-ngonyaka-khumbuzo kunye nama-testaments kubantu baseMelika ababuleweyo empini kwimbali yesizwe sethu.

Phakathi kweepaki ezininzi zelizwe ezikhunjulwayo kwiMelika yokuHlaziywa ziindawo ezifana nePalute Man National Historical Park, i-Battlefield National Cowpens kunye ne-Fort Stanwix National Monument. Imfazwe Yombango ikhunjulwa kwiindawo ezinjenge-Fort Sumter yesiZwe seNkcubeko, iNkundla yeMfazwe ka-Antietam, kunye neVicksburg National Military Park. Iikhumbuzo kwiimfazwe zandula nje ziquka iSikhumbuzo seMpi yamaKorea saseKorea, iSikhumbuzo seVietnam saseVietnam, iSikhumbuzo sabasetyhini saseVietnam kunye neSikhumbuzo seMfazwe yeSizwe yeSizwe.

Unyaka ngamnye kumaziko epaki kazwelonke kulo lonke ilizwe, iSonto leSikhumbuzo iMpelasonto lugcinwa ngokuqhelekileyo kunye neengqungquthela, iintetho zesikhumbuzo, imibukiso kunye nemiboniso yokuphila kwimbali, kunye nokuhlobisa amangcwaba ngeentyantyambo kunye neeflegi.

Amanani kunye namanani - Amadaka aseMerika

Imfazwe yeNguquko (1775-1783)
Inkonzo: Akukho datha
Ukufa: 4,435
Kalisa 6188

Imfazwe ka-1812 (1812-1815)
Ikhonza: 286,730
Ukufa kweMfazwe: 2,260
Walimala: 4,505

IMfazwe yaseMexico (1846-1848)
Ukukhonza: 78,718
Ukufa kweMfazwe: 1,733
Ezinye zokufa: 11,550
Walimala: 4,152

Imfazwe Yomhlaba (1861-1865)
Ukhonza: 2,213,363
Ukufa kweMfazwe: 140,414
Ezinye zokufa: 224,097
Walimala: 281,881

Imfazwe yaseSpain-Amerika (1895-1902)
Ikhonza: 306,760
Ukufa kweMfazwe: 385
Ezinye zokufa: 2,061
Walimala: 1,662

IMfazwe Yehlabathi I (1917-1918)
Ikhonza: 4,734,991
Ukufa kweMfazwe: 53,402
Ezinye zokufa: 63,114
Walimala: 204,002

IMfazwe Yehlabathi II (1941-1946)
Ukukhonza: 16,112,566
Ukufa kweMfazwe: 291,557
Ezinye ukufa: 113,842
Walimala: 671,846

Imfazwe yaseKorea (1950-1953)
Bakhonza: 5,720,000
Ukufa kweMfazwe: 33,651
Ezinye zokufa: 3,262
Walimala: 103,284

IMfazwe yaseVietnam (1964-1973)
Ukukhonza: 8,744,000
Ukufa kweMfazwe: 47,378
Ezinye zokufa: 10,799
Walimala: 153,303

IMfazwe yeGulf (1991)
Ikhonza: 24,100
Ukufa: 162

IMfazwe yase-Afghanistan (2002 - ????)
Ukufa: 503 (ngo-Meyi 22, 2008)

IMfazwe yase-Iraq (2003 - ????)
Ukufa: 4079 (ngo-Meyi 22, 2008)
Walimala ngesenzo: 29,978

> Umthombo:

> Ulwazi oluvela kwiSebe lezoKhuselo, eMelika yaseCentral Command, nase-Iraq Coalition Casualty Count