Kwabanye, ukugcinwa koSuku LukaMongameli e-United States kubonakala kakhulu. Amaphephandaba asekhaya asakaza izikhangiso ze "Sales Day Day"! Abaningi banqamula usuku emsebenzini. Kodwa ingabe wake wazama ukucabanga ngalolu suku olubalulekile lokuqashelwa?
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Usuku LukaMengameli luhloselwe (kwabanye) ukuhlonipha bonke abaMongameli baseMelika, kodwa kakhulu kakhulu uGeorge Washington no-Abraham Lincoln.
Ngokusho kwekhalenda likaGregory noma "New Style" esetshenziswa kakhulu namuhla, uGeorge Washington wazalwa ngoFebhuwari 22, 1732. Kodwa ngokuvumelana nekhalenda elithi Julian noma "Old Style" eyayisetshenziswa eNgilandi kwaze kwafika ngo-1752, usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa Ngo-11 Febhuwari. Emuva kuma-1790, amaMelika ahlukaniswe - abanye bagubha usuku lokuzalwa ngoFebruwari 11 kanti abanye ngoFebhuwari 22.
Lapho u-Abraham Lincoln eba umongameli futhi wasiza ukuvuselela izwe lethu, kwakucatshangwa ukuthi naye, kufanele abe nelusuku olukhethekile lokuqashelwa. Into ekhohlisayo kwakuwukuthi usuku lokuzalwa lukaLincoln lwawa ngoFebruwari 12. Ngaphambi kuka-1968, ukuzalwa kwezinsuku ezimbili zokuqala kukaMengameli kwakungabonakali muntu. NgoFebhuwari 22 kukhishwe njengeholide lomphakathi ehloniphekile ukuhlonipha usuku lokuzalwa lukaGeorge Washington noFebhuwari 12 kulokhu kuhlonishwa njengeholide lomphakathi ukuhlonipha usuku lokuzalwa kuka-Abraham Lincoln.
Ngo-1968, izinto zashintsha lapho iCongress 90 izimisele ukudala uhlelo olufanayo lweeholide ngoMsombuluko.
Bavotela ukushintsha amaholide amathathu asekhona (kufaka phakathi usuku lokuzalwa lukaWashington) ngoMsombuluko. Umthetho waqala ukusebenza ngo-1971, futhi ngenxa yalokho, iholidi lika-Washington lokuzalwa lalishintshelwa ngoMsombuluko wesithathu ngoFebhuwari. Kodwa akubona bonke abaseMelika abajabule ngomthetho omusha. Kwakukhona ukukhathazeka okunye ukuthi u-Washington ubunikazi bezolahleka kusukela ngoMsombuluko wesithathu ngoFebhuwari angeke awele ngosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa.
Kwakukhona nomzamo wokuqamba kabusha iholidi lomphakathi "Usuku LukaMengameli", kodwa umqondo awuhambanga noma kuphi ngoba abanye bakholelwa ukuthi akuwona wonke amongameli abafanelwe ukuqashelwa okukhethekile.
Ngisho noma iCongress yayidala umthetho we-holiday federal uniform, kwakungekho isivumelwano se-holiday yunifomu phakathi kwezifundazwe. Abanye bathi, njengeCalifornia, i-Idaho, iTennessee neTexas bakhetha ukungalondolozi isihloko se-holiday federal futhi baqamba kabusha iholide yabo yezwe "Usuku loMongameli." Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi phambili, igama elithi "Usuku LukaMongameli" laba yinto yokumaketha, njengoba abakhangisi bafuna ukufaka ithuba lokuthengisa izinsuku ezintathu noma ezesonto.
Ngo-1999, kwafakwa izindleko zombili eNdlu yase-US (HR-1363) naseSenate (S-978) ukucacisa ukuthi iholidi lomphakathi elibizwa ngokuthi i-Washington's Birthday "libizwa ngokusemthethweni lelo gama". Zombili izikweletu zafa emakomidini.
Namuhla, usuku lukaMengameli luyakwamukelwa futhi lugujwa. Eminye imiphakathi isabona amaholidi okuqala eWashington naseLincoln, futhi amapaki amaningi empeleni ahlele ukuphendula ngokuphindaphindiwe kanye nezikhundla ezihloniphekile. I-National Park Service ibuye ihlanganise nezindawo eziningi zomlando nezikhumbuzo zokuhlonipha izimpilo zalaba babengameli ababili, kanye nabanye abaholi abalulekile.
Lapho Uzovakashela khona
Isikhumbuzo sezwe saseGeorge Washington sokuzalwa kwa-VA, sinomkhosi wokuzalwa waminyaka yonke ngosuku lukaMengameli nangosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa. Izivakashi zingakujabulela imisebenzi ekhethekile yokoloni eyayibanjwe usuku lonke. INtaba iVernon (manje engxenyeni yeGeorge Washington Memorial Parkway) nayo ihlonipha uGeorge Washington ngempelasonto yokugubha usuku lokuzalwa kanye nosuku lwangakhokhwa ngonyaka (ngoMsombuluko wesithathu kaFebhuwari).
Imisebenzi yaminyaka yonke yokugubha usuku lokuzalwa luka-Abraham Lincoln ihlanganisa: umkhosi wesigceme waseFebruwari wezi-12 ku-Abraham Lincoln National Site Historic Site ku-KY; Usuku lweLincoln, olubanjwe njalo ngonyaka ngeSonto eliseduze noFebruwari 12 eLikhumbuzo seNational Memorial ku-IN; kanye nezinhlelo zokuzalwa ezikhethekile endaweni yase-Lincoln Home National Historic Site e-IL. Unyaka ngamunye, ezinye izenzakalo ezikhethekile zengeziwe, ngakho qiniseka ukuthi ubuka amakhalenda epaki ngaphambi kokuhamba.
I-National Park Service nayo igcina izindawo eziningi ezikhumbuza abanye abaphathi abedlule, kuhlanganise noJohn Adams, Thomas Jefferson , uJohn Quincy Adams, uMartin Van Buren, Andrew Johnson, u-Ulysses Grant, uJames Garfield, uTeddy Roosevelt, uWilliam Taft, uHerbert Hoover, uFranklin URoosevelt, uHarry Truman, uDwight Eisenhower, uJohn F. Kennedy, uLyndon Johnson, uJimmy Carter noBill Clinton. Ungase futhi ufune ukuvakashela izindawo eziphefumulayo ezifana neNtaba iRushmore noma amapaki ezempi njengeGettysburg ukuvakashelwa okujabulisayo.