NguJack Gilroy, ngoNovemba 2, 2018
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Kwiminyaka elikhulu edlulileyo kule Nov Nov 11, iMfazwe Enkulu, iMfazwe Yehlabathi I, yaphela. Abantu behlabathi lonke bavuya baza bhiyozela ukuphela kobutshaba, ixesha lokuvakalisa uxolo. Ngomnyaka olandelayo, i-1919, usuku lwaziwa ngokuba yiSuku lwe-Armistice. Kwakungekho usuku lokubhiyozela imfazwe nabasemagunyeni kodwa usuku lokubhiyozela uxolo.
Oorhulumente baseBrithani noJamani bakhupha isibheno esicacileyokwimimandla ehlabathini lonke ukubethela icawa kunye nezinye iintsimbi ngokubambisana kwi-11 ngomhla we-Armistice Day, uNksz 11, i-2018, ukuphawula umnyaka weshumi elikhulu lokuphela kokubulawa.
Lixesha lokuba amaMelika enze njalo ukubuyisela iMini ye-Armistice.
Ngo-1954, salishiya igama elithi “Armistice Day” saza samkela “uSuku lwaMagqala.” Sitshintshe usuku olungcwele lombulelo kunye nomhla wokuzukisa amagorha. Yayingeyiyo injongo yamagqala eMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala.Amajoni ayonwabile engasekho oombayimbayi nodaka ojikeleza imizimba emincinci, irhasi yemastadi ebeka imiphunga kunye nolusu oluvuthayo, ukuphela komlilo womatshini ojikeleze umjikelo we-450 ngomzuzu, izixhobo zokufa Njengeetanki, kunye neenqwelo moya zenqwelo moya ezibulale izigidi zoBukhosi. Abantu bazilile ngenxa yamajoni amahlwempu kunye nabasebenzi abayiliweyo okanye abarhwebeshelwe kukungazazi ulwazi kunye nobuxoki.
Xa uSuku lweArmistice lwabhengezwa kunyaka omnye emva kokuphela kwemfazwe, abantu babeqala ukuqonda ukuba ukuphalazwa kwegazi kwakungekho malunga nobukroti okanye uzuko okanye iimbasa okanye inkonzo, kodwa ngamandla kunye nemali. E-United States kuphela, kwenziwa oosozigidi abatsha abali-15,000 ekuthatheni kwethu inxaxheba kufutshane kwimfazwe yaseYurophu. URiphabhlikhi uHerbert Hoover, umlawuli wezoLawulo lwezoKutya kulawulo lukaDemocrat uWoodrow Wilson, wayishwankathela le meko ngokuthi: “Amadoda amadala abhengeza imfazwe kodwa ngabantu abancinci abalwayo bafe.” Ngewayongeze "abo balwela kwaye bafe ngenxa yobuxoki bezityebi kunye namandla."
URory Fanning, owayekade e-US Army Ranger kunye nokuthunyelwa ezimbini e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq, ubhale: "Iya icaca gca nangonyaka ogqithileyo ukuba uSuku lwaMagqala alunantsingiselo ingako malunga nokuhlonipha amagqala kunokuba lunciphise izazela zabo bathumele abanye ukuba babulale bafe ngenxa yezizathu ezingenanto yakwenza nentando yesininzi nenkululeko."
UKurt Vonnegut, omnye wababhali bethu baseMelika, wayephila kabuhlungu kwiMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi njengendoda yaseMelika eyayihamba ngeenyawo eYurophu. Umlinganiswa kwiVonnegut “Isidlo sakusasa sentshatsheli” uthi: “Usuku lwe-Armistice luye lwaba lusuku lwamaVeterans. Usuku lwe-Armistice lwalungcwele. Usuku lwaMagqala alunjalo. Ke, ndiza kuyiphosa uSuku lweVeterans egxalabeni lam. Ndiza kuyigcina uSuku lweArmistice. Andifuni ukulahla nayiphi na into engcwele. Usuku lwamaVeterans lubhiyozela 'amaqhawe' kwaye lukhuthaza ukuya kubulala nokubulawa kwimfazwe ezayo - okanye enye yeemfazwe zethu zangoku. ”
Iimfazwe zoLwazi lweNkundla yeBroome County zifuna ukubuyisela iMini ye-Armistice. Iqela lethu licele zonke iicawa eBinghamton ukuba zibethe iintsimbi zabo kwi-11 ngeCawa, ngoNovemba 11, ukukhunjulwa kwe-100th yeminyaka yeMfazwe Yehlabathi I. Sincenga iicawa zaseSyrafu ukuba zijoyine ngokubethelela iintsimbi ze-11 ngeeyure ze-11th I-11th ngosuku lwenyanga ye-11th.
Amapolisa Oxolo www.veteransforpeace.org unxusa zonke iicawa zaseMelika ngeentsimbi zokunceda abaPhezulu beSizwe soxolo bavuselele uSuku lwe-Armistice. Masibhiyozele ekupheleni kwemfazwe, kungekhona iimfazwe.
Nge-1 ngeCawa, ngoNovemba i-11, amaVeteran for Peace ku-Binghamton baya kunika i-Armistice Day poppies ukuba bahlasele ababukeli (kwi-Daylight Veterans Day) njengesikhumbuzo sokubandezeleka kweemfazwe zonke. Ngaloo mini, emnxeni we-First Congregational Church, kwikona ye-Main and Front, iBinghamton, i-Stu Naismith Isahluko se-Veterans for Peace siya kuba namangcwaba abonisa ukufa kwabaseVietnam kunye ne-Iraq / i-Afghanistan iimfazwe. Umlinganiselo wabantu baseMerika abafileyo kubantu abafileyo baseVietnam, abantu base-Iraq nabase-Afghanistan baza kubonakaliswa kumancwaba okungcwaba.
Sifanele siqonde iindleko zomntu ezixakekayo zemfazwe ukusivimbela ekwenzeni kwakhona imfazwe.
