Kwiminyaka engamashumi asithoba anesithoba eyadlulayo, ngentsimbi ye-11th ye-11th inyanga ye-11th, iintsimbi zagcwala emhlabeni wonke, kwaye abantu bathulula kwiindawo zembutho ukubhiyozela ukuphela kwento eyayibizwa ngokuba yiMfazwe yokuphelisa zonke iimfazwe. Kwiminyaka emininzi, uSuku lwe-Armistice lwalugcinwa njengosuku lokukhumbula abafileyo be-WWI kwaye sizinikezele kwakhona ukuba singaze sivumele imfazwe iphinde yenzeke.
Kule veki, bencediswa sisibonelelo esivela kwi-NC Humanities Council, bekukhala intsimbi ukusuka kwi-24-ende-up Swords to Plowshares Memorial Bell tower, isikhumbuzo sokhenketho esakhiwe, unyaka wesine ngokulandelelana, eluntwini I-State Capitol eRaleigh. Uluntu longezelele okubhaliweyo kwilitye lesikhumbuzo ukunikela ubungqina ngendlela imfazwe ebabuchaphazele ngayo ubomi babo. Ezi ndawo zibekiwe zesilivere, ezenziwe zakudala ezihlaziyiweyo kunye nokubengezela komoya, zinamagama abhalwe ngentliziyo kwiilwimi ezininzi ezahlukeneyo.
IBell tower yanikezelwa ngoSuku lweSikhumbuzo 2014 yi-Eisenhower Isahluko samaVeterans for Peace nge-NC State University alumni director kunye ne-air Force veteran u-Bob Kennel. Ukuphefumlelwa kwayo yayingumnyango wobhedu kwi-NCSU Bell tower, enombhalo othi "Kwaye baya Kubetha Iintonga Zabo Zibe ngamakhuba." Esi sicatshulwa seTestamente Endala, esingcwele kumaYuda, kumaKristu, kumaSilamsi nakwabanye, sisikhumbuzo somoya wokuqala waseArmistice. Usuku.
Ngo-1953, uMongameli u-Eisenhower wathi, "Yonke imipu eyenziweyo, yonke inqanawa yomkhosi eyasungulwa, yonke irokethi eyadutyulwayo ibonisa… ubusela kwabo balambileyo nabangondliyo, abo bayabanda nabangambathanga." Kodwa emva konyaka, watyikitya isimemezelo esithiya uSuku lweArmistice njengoSuku lwaMagqala. Ukusukela nge-WWI, ngeenjongo zokuqala zomhla zilibalekile, sikubonile ukunyuka kwe-fascism eYurophu, izoyikiso zeWWII, iMfazwe yaseKorea, iMfazwe yaseVietnam kunye "neemfazwe zethu ezingapheliyo zobunqolobi". Imfazwe yobuhlwempu ayibanga nethuba.
Enye indlela yokuhambisa kwakhona izixhobo ekwenzeni uxolo kukunyusa irhafu xa kusenziwa izixhobo. IiCarolinians ezimbini zaseNyakatho, iNkokheli yeNdlu yaseMelika i-US uClaude Kitchin kunye noNobhala we-Navy uJosephus Daniels, bakhokela iinzame ngexesha le-WWI ukuba ithathe indawo ka-Mongameli Wilson yokuhlawula irhafu ngomnye oquka irhafu kwinzuzo enkulu yemfazwe. Ngaphandle kwenkcaso kaKitchin, irhafu yenzuzo yemfazwe yarhoxiswa kamva.
Ngelishwa, uKitchin, oyena mntu wayechasa ukungena kwe-US kwityala legazi laseYurophu, noDaniels, owapapasha isandulela seNews & Observer, nabo baba negalelo ekubhukuqeni ubumbano lobumbano lweenkcubeko ngeentlanga eNorth Carolina ngo-1898. Imozulu yobuhlanga Ingcinezelo emva koko mmay batyisile ubuhlanga obusitsalele emfazweni.
Yintoni eyenza ukuba isikhumbuzo seBell tower ibe yinto engaqhelekanga, ngaphandle kokuhamba, kukuzinikezela kwayo, “kubo bonke abantu abahamba ngamaxhoba emfazwe, nokuba ngabaluphi na uhlanga, ukholo, okanye ilizwe. Endaweni yokumenyelwa kwingxoxo-mpikiswano ngokunyaniseka malunga neendleko zemfazwe kunye nezizathu, sixelelwa ukuba sikhumbule buthule abo "banikela ngobomi babo ngenkululeko yethu." Kodwa ubomi abaninzi, abasemkhosini nabasemkhosini, bathathelwa ecaleni ngabom. Ootatomkhulu bam, iBritane ne-Austrian, balwa kumacala ahlukeneyo e-WWI. Ngaba ngamnye kubo wayekholelwa ukuba babelwela inkululeko?
Kwicala lasentshona leCapitol, ejikeleze ikona ukusuka apho siye samisa khona iBell tower yethu, kumi isikhumbuzo esiphikisanayo esithi "KuBantu abaManyene noMfi." Ndiyavuma ukuba bayakhunjulwa. Kodwa, njengezikhumbuzo ezininzi zemfazwe, yakhiwa bambalwa abanamandla ngokukhumbula kuphela ukuba ngubani owabingelelayo, okanye wabingelela, kuloo mfazwe. Kuthekani ngamawakawaka amaNorth Carolinians, amhlophe namnyama, awalwela umanyano? Abemi ababuleweyo okanye ababulawa kukusweleka kwemfazwe? Oomama nootata kunye nabantwana? Okanye, ngaba abo bangaze baphinde balulame kumanxeba asemzimbeni nasengqondweni nabo bathathe obabo ubomi? Amabali abo, nawo, afanele ukuxelelwa, kwaye uya kuwafumana kwimibhalo ebhaliweyo eye yongezwa kwiBell tower yethu.
Mhlawumbi eyona nto ibalulekileyo kodwa iphilisa kakhulu kwiBell tower yethu kukufakelwa kwemibhalo ekhumbuza ukubandezeleka "kweentshaba" zethu. Ndongeze oobabomkhulu bobabini. Elinye ibala lesikhumbuzo lanikezelwa ngu-Marine Corps osisithethi seMelika uMike Hanes ukuba "Ngummi waseIraq osweleke kwenye yokuhlaselwa kwethu. Nditsalele ezingalweni zomhlobo wam. Andisoze ndiwalibale umfanekiso. ”
Olu Suku lweArmistice, masithi-ekugqibeleni masibe sonke-sixabele amakrele ethu abe ngamakhuba.
URoger Ehrlich lilungu elinxulumene ne-Eisenhower Isahluko se-157 seVeterans for Peace kunye nomdali weSwords to Plowshares Memorial Belltower, eya kujongwa kwi-State Capitol nge-11 kaNovemba kwaye iphinde yakhiwe kufuphi neSikhumbuzo saseVietnam eWashington. , DC, uSuku lweSikhumbuzo olulandelayo.
