Usuku lwama-Veterans E-United States naseYurophu
Abaningi baseMelika bakholelwa ngephutha ukuthi uSuku lweVeterans usuku iNamerica ibeka eceleni ukuhlonipha abasebenzi baseMelika ababulewe empini noma ngenxa yamanxeba avela empini. Akulona iqiniso ngempela. Usuku lweSikhumbuzo usuku olubekelwe eceleni ukuhlonipha impi yaseMelika efile.
Usuku lwamaVeteran, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ludumisa wonke ama- veteran aseMelika, kokubili aphile futhi afile. Eqinisweni, uSuku lwe-Veterans luhloswe ngokuyinhloko ukubonga abaphikisi bezilwane ngenkonzo ezinikezele neqotho ezweni labo.
NgoNovemba 11 wonyaka ngamunye yilo suku esiqinisekisa ukuthi abakwa-veterans bayazi ukuthi siyazisa ngokujulile imihlatshelo abayenzile empilweni ukugcina izwe lethu likhululekile.
Usuku lwe-Armistice
Ukuze kukhunjulwe ukuphela kwe "Impi Enkulu" (iMpi Yezwe I), "isosha engaziwa" wangcwatshwa endaweni ephakeme kunazo zonke eNgilandi naseFrance (eNgilandi, eWestminster Abbey; eFrance, eArc de Triomphe). Le mikhosi yenzeke ngoNovemba 11, iguqulwa ukuphela kwezimpi zeMpi Yezwe I ngo-11 ekuseni, ngoNovemba 11, 1918 (ihora leshumi nanye le-11 lwenyanga yeshumi nanye). Lolu suku lwaziwa emhlabeni jikelele ngokuthi "usuku lwe-Armistice".
Ngo-1921, i-United States of America yayilandela iFrance neNgilandi ngokubeka ukuphumula kwezinsalela zeSondo LaseMpi Yezwe I-American - igama lakhe "laziwa kodwa kuNkulunkulu" - egqumeni laseVirginia elibheke edolobheni laseWashington DC nasePomomac Umfula. Leli sayithi laziwa ngokuthi "iTomb of the Soldier Unknown" futhi namuhla libizwa ngokuthi "iTomb of the Unknowns". Kutholakala e- Arlington National Cemetery , ithuna lifanekisela isithunzi nokuhlonipha umlindi waseMelika.
EMelika, ngoNovemba 11 ngokusemthethweni kwaziwa ngokuthi yi-Armistice Day ngokusebenzisa isenzo seCongress ngo-1926. Kwaze kwaphela iminyaka engu-12 emva kwesenzo esifanayo uSilistice Day yaba yisikhathi seholidi kazwelonke.
Izwe lonke lacabanga ukuthi iMpi Yezwe I yayingu "Impi yokuqeda zonke izimpi." Uma lokhu kuyiqiniso, leli holide lingase libizwe ngokuthi i-Armistice Day namuhla.
Lelo phupho lahlakazeka ngo-1939 lapho kuqubuka iMpi Yezwe II eYurophu. Amalungu angaphezu kuka-400 000 aseMelika asetshenziselwa ukufa phakathi nale mpi enyantisayo.
Ukudala kwe-Veterans Day
Ngo-1954, uMongameli u-Eisenhower wasayina umthethosivivinywa owashumayela ngoNovemba 11 njengoSuku LwaseVeterans futhi wabiza amaMelika yonke indawo ukuba aphinde azinikezele ngenxa yokuthula. Wanikeza i-oda likaMengameli eliqondisa inhloko yezokuVeteran Administration (manje ebizwa ngokuthi uMnyango Wezilwane Zomphakathi) ukwakha iKomidi likaZwelonke le-Veterans Day ukuhlela nokuqapha ukugcinwa kukazwelonke kweVeterans Day.
Umkhosi Wezinsuku Zama-Veterans Day
Ngo-11: 00 ekuseni, ngomhlaka-11 kuNovemba, umlindi wombala, owenziwe ngamalungu avela emagatsheni onke empi, uveza inhlonipho empini yaseMelika efile ngesikhathi somkhosi oshukumisa inhliziyo eTomb of the Unknowns e-Arlington National Cemetery.
UMongameli noma ummeleli wakhe ubeka i-wreath eThekwini futhi umsindo we-Tapler umsindo. Ibhalansi yomkhosi, okufaka "i-Parade of Flags" yizinhlangano eziningi zezinkonzo ze-veterans, kwenzeka ngaphakathi kweSikhumbuzo se-Memorial, eduze kweTomb.
Ngaphezu kokuhlela nokuxhumanisa Umkhosi Wosuku Lwase-Veterans Day, iKomidi likaZwelonke le-Veterans Day lisekela izindawo eziningana zezifunda ze-Veterans Day.
Lezi siteshi ziqhuba imikhosi yeSuku Lama-Veterans enikeza izibonelo ezinhle kakhulu eminye imiphakathi okufanele ilandele.
I-Veterans Day Observance
Usuku lwe-Veterans luhlale lugcinwa ngoNovemba 11, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi usuku lwesonto luwa ngalo. Umkhosi kazwelonke we-Veterans Day uhlala njalo ngosuku lweVeterans uqobo, ngisho noma iholidi liwela ngoMgqibelo noma ngeSonto. Kodwa-ke, njengamanye amaholide ase federal, uma ewela ngosuku olungelona umsebenzi - ngoMgqibelo noma ngeSonto - abasebenzi bakahulumeni basebusuku bachitha usuku ngoMsombuluko (uma iholidi liwela ngeSonto) noma ngoLwesihlanu (uma iholidi liwela ngoMgqibelo ).
Lo mthetho wesifundazwe awusebenzi kubahulumeni basekhaya nabasekhaya. Bakhululekile ukunquma ukuvalwa kukahulumeni basekhaya (kufaka phakathi ukuvalwa kwesikole) endaweni yangakini. Ngenxa yalokho, akukho mfuneko esemthethweni ukuthi izikole zivalwa ngosuku lwamaVeterans, kanti abaningi abangekho.
Kodwa-ke, izikole eziningi zithatha imisebenzi ye-Veterans Day ngosuku lwama-Veterans futhi phakathi nesonto leholidi ukuhlonipha izimbangi zaseMelika.
Usuku LwaseVeterans Allied Around the World
Amanye amazwe amaningi ahlonipha ama-veteran awo ngoNovemba 11 wonyaka ngamunye. Kodwa-ke, igama leholide kanye nezinhlobo zemikhosi zihlukile emisebenzini ye-Veterans Day e-United States.
I-Canada, i-Australia ne-Great Britain ibhekisela kumaholidi abo ngokuthi "Usuku Lokukhunjulwa." I-Canada ne-Australia zigcina usuku ngoNovemba 11, futhi i-Great Britain iqhuba imikhosi yabo ngeSonto eliseduze noNovemba 11.
ECanada, ukugubha "Usuku lokukhumbuza" empeleni kufana ne-United States ngokuthi usuku lubekwe eceleni ukuhlonipha bonke abaqaphi baseCanada, kokubili abaphilayo nabafileyo. Omunye umehluko ophawulekayo wukuthi abaningi baseCanada bagqoke imbali ebomvu i-red poppy ngoNovemba 11 ukuze bahloniphe impi yabo efile, kanti isiko "esibomvu" siyabonakala e-United States ngosuku lweSikhumbuzo.
E-Australia, "Usuku Lokukhunjulwa" lufana neSuku LwaseSikhumbuzo saseMelika, ngoba kuthathwa njengosuku lokuhlonipha izintatheli zase-Australia ezafa empini.
EBrithani Ekulu, lolo suku lukhunjulwa ngamasevisi esonto namalungu e-ex-service amalungu e-Whitehall, indawo ejwayelekile ehamba phambili esuka ePalest Square Square kuya eTrafalgar Square. Imikhosi yama-poppies ishiywe ku-Cenotaph, isikhumbuzo sempi e-Whitehall, esakhiwe ngemuva kweMpi Yezwe Yokuqala. E-Cenotaph nakwezinye izindawo ezweni, ukuthula kwamaminithi amabili kubonakala ngo-11 ekuseni, ukuhlonipha labo abalahlekelwa ukuphila kwabo empini.