Kwabanye, ukugcinwa kweSuku loMongameli eMelika kuninzi kakhulu. Amaphephandaba asekuhlaleni atshabalalisa iintengiso ze "Usuku lweMali kaMongameli!" Kwaye abaninzi banokuyeka usuku emsebenzini. Kodwa ngaba uye wayeka ukucinga ngale mini ebalulekileyo yokuqaphela?
Imbali
Usuku lwabaMongameli lujoliswe (kwezinye) ukuhlonipha bonke abaongameli baseMelika, kodwa kakhulu iGeorge Washington noAbraham Lincoln.
Ngokwekhalenda ye-Gregorian okanye "iNew Style" esetyenziswa kakhulu namhlanje, uGeorge Washington wazalwa ngoFebruwari 22, 1732. Kodwa ngokukodwa kwikhalenda ye-Julian okanye "Old Style" eyayisetyenziswa eNgilandi kwaze kwaba ngu-1752, umhla wakhe wokuzalwa Februwari 11. Emuva kuma-1790, amaMerika ahlukana - abanye babhiyozela ukuzalwa kwakhe ngoFebruwari 11 kunye nabanye ngoFebruwari 22.
Xa uAbraham Lincoln waba ngumongameli waza wanceda ukubuyisela ilizwe lethu, kwakukholelwa ukuba naye, kufuneka ukuba abe nolusuku olukhethekileyo lokubongwa. Into ekhohlisayo kukuba ukuzalwa kukaLincoln kwawa ngoFebruwari 12. Ngaphambi kowe-1968, ukuba neminyaka emibini yokuzalwa kukaMongameli ngokusondeleyo kunye akuzange kubonakale engakhathaza nabani na. Ngomhla ka-Febhuwari 22 kwagqalwa njengeholide yezorhulumente yomhlaba ukuhlonipha umhla wokuzalwa kaGeorge Washington noFebruwari 12 kubonwa njengeholide kawonkewonke ukuhlonipha ukuzalwa kuka-Abraham Lincoln.
Ngowe-1968, izinto zatshintshwa xa iCongress 90 yazimisela ukudala inkqubo efaneneyo yeeholide yoMsombuluko.
Bavotela ukutshintsha iiholide ezintathu ezikhoyo (kuquka i-Washington Birthday) ngoMvulo. Umthetho waqalisa ukusebenza ngowe-1971, kwaye ngenxa yoko, iholide ye-Washington yosuku lokuzalwa yatshintshwa ibe nguMsombuluko wesithathu ngoFebruwari. Kodwa akubona bonke abaseMerika bavuyiswa ngumthetho omtsha. Kwakukho nkxalabo yokuba ubunikazi beWashington buya kulahleka ukususela ngoMsombuluko wesithathu ngoFebhuwari angeze uwele ngomhla wakhe wokuzalwa.
Kwakukho umzamo wokuqamba kwakhona ieholide yomntu "Usuku LukaMongameli", kodwa ingcamango ayizange ihambe apho kubakho abanye bekholelwa ukuba bonke abaongameli abafanelekanga ukuqonda.
Nangona iCongress yayidala umthetho we-holiday federal ofanayo, kwakungekho isivumelwano somxholo weeholide esifanayo phakathi kwamazwe ngamnye. Amanye amazwe, njengeCalifornia, i-Idaho, eTennessee naseTexas bakhetha ukungayigcinanga isitifiketi seeholide kunye nokuqeshwa kweeholide yabo yelizwe "Usuku loMongameli." Ukususela kule ngongoma phambili, igama elithi "Usuku LukaMongameli" liba yinto yokuthengisa, njengoko abathengisi bazama ukuxhasisa ithuba lokuthengisa ngemini emithathu okanye ngeveki.
Ngo-1999, iindleko zenziwe kwiNdlu yase-US (HR-1363) kunye neSenate (S-978) ukuba ichaze ukuba iholide yomntu osemthethweni ebizwa ngokuba yi-Washington's Birthday "iya kuthiwa ngokusemthethweni" ngeli gama. Zombini iindleko zafa kwiikomiti.
Namhlanje, uSuku loMongameli uyamkelwa kwaye uyabhiyozelwa. Ezinye iindawo zihlala zibona iiholide zasekuqaleni zaseWashington naseLincoln, kwaye iipaki ezininzi zenzele ngokutsha iziganeko kunye nezikhundla ezihloniphekileyo. Inkonzo yeSizwe yePaki ikwabala kunye neendawo ezili-historia kunye nezikhumbuzo zokuhlonipha ubomi balaba babini ababongameli, kunye nezinye iinkokheli ezibalulekileyo.
Kuphi Ukutyelela
Isikhumbuzo seSizwe soMhlaba saseGeorge Washington, e-VA, sigubha umkhosi wokuzalwa wamhla woMongameli kunye nosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa. Abaveleli banokuzonwabisa ngezinto ezikhethekileyo zekoloniyali ezenziwa kulo lonke usuku. INtaba iVernon (ngoku iyingxenye yeGeorge Washington Memorial Parkway) ihlonipha iGeorge Washington kunye neveki yokuzalwa yokuphela kweveki kunye nomhla wokungahlawulwa kwemali yonyaka (ngoMsombuluko wesithathu kaFebhuwari).
Imisebenzi yaminyaka yonke yokukhumbula umhla wokuzalwa ka-Abraham Lincoln iquka: umkhosi we-February 12th wokwenza umkhosi kwi-Abraham Lincoln Indawo yeZimbali zeSizwe e-KY; Usuku lweLincoln, olubanjwe unyaka ngamnye ngeCawe kufuphi neFebruwari 12 kwiSikhumbuzo seSizwe seLincoln Boyhood kwi-IN; kunye neenkqubo ezizodwa zokuzalwa kwi-Lincoln Home National Historic Site e-IL. Unyaka ngamnye, ezinye iindibano ezikhethekileyo zongezwa, ngoko qiniseka ukujonga iikhalenda zepaki ngaphambi kokuba uhambe.
I-National Park Service nayo igcina inani leendawo ezikhunjulwa ngabameli bexesha elidlulileyo, kuquka uJohn Adams, uTomas Jefferson , uJohn Quincy Adams, uMartin Van Buren, uAndrew Johnson, Ulysses Grant, uJames Garfield, uTeddy Roosevelt, uWilliam Taft, uHerbert Hoover, uFranklin URoosevelt, uHarry Truman, uDwight Eisenhower, uJohn F. Kennedy, uLyndon Johnson, uJimmy Carter kunye noBill Clinton. Ungaphinda ufune ukutyelela indawo ekhuthazayo njengentaba yeRushmore okanye iipaki zezempi ezifana ne-Gettysburg ukutyelela ngokuzonwabisa.