Ukuhlonipha 'Ukukhohlwa' Kufile
Isitatimende se-Servicemen esithathu siyingxenye ye-Vietnam Veterans Memorial ye-National Park Service ehlonipha "abaqashiwe" abafile
"Ngakho-ke kumuntu ongenandaba naye obuza ukuthi kungani iSikhumbuzo sasigcinwa singaphendula, sigubha futhi sigcizelela njalo unyaka ngamunye isenzo somhlaba sentshiseko nokholo. Lokhu kubonisa ukuthi inkolelo enkulu kunazo zonke inkolelo yethu yokuthi ukwenza ngentshiseko futhi ukholo luyisimo sokusebenza kakhulu. Ukuze ulwe impi, kufanele ukholwe okuthile futhi ufune okuthile ngamandla akho wonke. Ngakho-ke kufanele wenze ukuthi uphathe noma yini enye ekupheleni kokufanele ufike. "
- U-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. ekhelini elalinikezelwa iSikhumbuzo, ngo-May 30, 1884, eKeene, NH.
Unyaka ngamunye, ngoMsombuluko odlule ngoMeyi, isizwe sethu sigubha uSuku lweSikhumbuzo. Kwabaningi, lolu suku alinalo incazelo ekhethekile ngaphandle komunye usuku ophumayo emsebenzini, i-barbecue ebhishi, ukuqala kwenkathi yokuhamba ehlobo, noma abathengisi, ithuba lokubamba ukudayiswa kwabo kweSikhumbuzo seSikhumbuzo seSikhumbuzo sonyaka. Eqinisweni, leli holide lihlonishwa ngokuhlonipha abasebenzi basezizwe abahlomile ababulewe ngesikhathi sokulwa.
Ingemuva
Umkhuba wokuhlonipha amathuna efa efile waqala ngaphambi kokuphela kweMpi Yombango, kodwa iSikhumbuzo Sosuku LweSikhumbuzo (noma "Usuku Lomhlobiso," njengoba sasibizwa ngegama lokuqala) saqala okokuqala ngoMeyi 30, 1868, umyalo kaGeneral John Alexander Logan ngenhloso yokuhlobisa amathuna e-American Civil War efile. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, iSikhumbuzo sasikhuliswa ukuba sihloniphe bonke labo abafa enkonzweni yesizwe, kusukela ku-Revolutionary War kuze kube manje.
Kwaqhubeka kugcinwe ngoMeyi 30 kuya ku-1971, lapho amazwe amaningi ashintshela isimiso sombuso esisha esasungulwa seholide.
I-Confederate Day Memorial, kanye neholidi elingokomthetho emazweni amaningi aseningizimu, isabonwa ngoMsombuluko wesine ngo-Ephreli e-Alabama, ngoMsombuluko odlule ngo-Ephreli eMisissippi naseGeorgia.
Isikhathi Sikazwelonke Sokukhunjulwa
Kwangathi ngo-1997 kwaba khona ukuqala kwalokho okuba yisiko saseMelika esihlonishwa nguMengameli namalungu eCongress - ukubeka "isikhumbuzo" emuva kweSikhumbuzo. Umqondo weNational Moment of Remembrance owazalwa ngonyaka odlule lapho abantwana bevakashela iLafayette Park eWashington, DC babuzwa ukuthi yikuphi iSuku LamaSikhumbuzo elishoyo futhi bathi, "Ngalolo suku amachibi avuleka!"
I "Moment" iqalwe yi-No Greater Love, inhlangano kaHulumeni esekela e-Washington, DC. Ngokokuqala ngqa emlandweni wase-US, ngoSuku lweSikhumbuzo 1997 "I-Taps" idlalwe ngo-3 ntambama ezindaweni eziningi nakwezenzakalo zaseMelika. Lo mzamo uphindwe futhi eminyakeni elandelayo.
Inhloso ye "Mzuzu" ukukhulisa abantu baseMelika ngeminikelo ehloniphekile eyenziwa yilabo abafa ngenkathi bevikela isizwe sethu futhi bakhuthaza wonke amaMelika ukuba adlulise labo abafa ngenxa yokukhonza lesi sizwe ngokumisa isikhashana ngomzuzu 3:00 pm (isikhathi sendawo) eSikhumbuzweni.
I-National Park Service
Ngenkathi sikhetha ukugubha usuku lweSikhumbuzo kanye kanye ngonyaka, kunamapaki amaningi kazwelonke ase-US anememori nama-testaments angu-365 ngosuku kanye nama-testaments kubantu baseMelika ababulewe empini kulo lonke umlando wesizwe sethu.
Phakathi kwamapaki amaningi kazwelonke okukhumbuza i-American Revolution yizindawo ezinjengeMinute Man National Historical Park, i-Cowpens National Battlefield, ne-Fort Stanwix National Monument. Impi Yomphakathi ikhunjulwa ngezindawo ezinjenge-Fort Sumter National Monument, i-Antietam National Battlefield, neVicksburg National Military Park. Izikhumbuzo ezimpini zamuva nje zihlanganisa iSikhumbuzo sase-Korea War Veterans, iSikhumbuzo saseVietnam Veterans, iSikhumbuzo Sabantu baseVietnam iSikhumbuzo, kanye neNational World War II Memorial.
Unyaka ngamunye emazweni kazwelonke epaki, iSonto leSikhumbuzo iMpelasonto libhekwa ngezikhathi ngezikhathi, izinkulumo zezikhumbuzo, imibukiso kanye nemibukiso yomlando wokuphila, kanye nomhlobiso wamathuna nezimbali namafulege.
Amaqiniso Nezilinganiso - Izidakamizwa zaseMelika
Impi Yezinguquko (1775-1783)
Insizakalo: Ayikho idatha
Ukufa: 4,435
Kulimale 6188
Impi ka-1812 (1812-1815)
Usebenze: 286.730
Ukufa Kwezimpi: 2,260
Kulimale: 4,505
Impi yaseMexico (1846-1848)
Yasebenza: 78.718
Ukufa Kwezimpi: 1,733
Ezinye Ukufa: 11,550
Kulimale: 4,152
Impi Yombango (1861-1865)
Yasebenza: 2,213,363
Ukufa Kwezimpi: 140,414
Ezinye Ukufa: 224,097
Kulimale: 281,881
I-Spanish-American War (1895-1902)
Yasebenza: 306,760
Ukufa Kwezempi: 385
Ezinye Ukufa: 2,061
Kulimale: 1,662
Impi Yezwe I (1917-1918)
Yasebenza: 4,734,991
Ukufa Kwezimpi: 53,402
Ezinye Ukufa: 63,114
Kulimale: 204,002
Impi Yezwe II (1941-1946)
Kukhonjwe: 16,112,566
Ukufa Kwezimpi: 291,557
Ezinye Ukufa: 113,842
Kulimale: 671 846
Impi yaseKorea (1950-1953)
Yasebenza: 5,720,000
Ukufa Kwezimpi: 33,651
Ezinye Ukufa: 3,262
Kulimale: 103 284
I-Vietnam War (1964-1973)
Yasebenza: 8,744,000
Ukufa Kwezimpi: 47,378
Ezinye Ukufa: 10,799
Kulimale: 153 303
I-Gulf War (1991)
Yasebenza: 24,100
Ukufa: 162
I-Afghanistan War (2002 - ????)
Ukufa: 503 (ngo-May 22, 2008)
I-Iraq War (2003 - ????)
Ukufa: 4079 (ngo-Meyi 22, 2008)
Ukulimala ngesenzo: 29,978
> Umthombo:
> Ulwazi oluvela eMnyangweni Wezokuvikela, United States Central Command, nase-Iraq Coalition Casualty Count