Yintoni uMxhasi woXolo anokwazi kwaye enze ngoSuku lweSikhumbuzo

NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, UEpreli 21, 2023

Amanye amazwe aneholide yeCawa yamaKatolika yonke imihla enyakeni. I-United States ineholide yemfazwe yonke imihla yonyaka. Ezinye zazo, ezifana ebizwa ngokuba yiVeterans Day, yaqala njengeeholide zoxolo ezinjengoMhla woMama okanye uMartin Luther King Jr. Day - zahluthwa ngononophelo kuwo nawuphi na umxholo woxolo, kwaye endaweni yoko zajikelwa ekuzukisweni kwemfazwe kunye namalungiselelo emfazwe. Iiholide ezininzi zoxolo kunye neeholide zoxolo ngaphambili kunye neeholide zoxolo ezinokubakho zinokufumaneka kwi-Peace Almanac peacealmanac.org.

Uyakuqaphela kwikhonkco "loSuku lwamaVeteran" ngasentla into ebikade iluSuku lweArmistice eUnited States kwaye ihlala iluSuku lweSikhumbuzo kwamanye amazwe. Kuloo mazwe, iye yaguquka ukusuka ekuzileni kwabafileyo ukuya ekubhiyozeleni amaziko aceba ukudala abafileyo abaninzi. Umzila ofanayo unokudweliswa kwezinye iiholide ezininzi e-US nakwihlabathi jikelele, njenge Usuku lweAnzac eNew Zealand naseOstreliya. Umzekelo weenkwenkwezi luSuku lweSikhumbuzo eUnited States, oluba ngoMvulo wokugqibela ngoMeyi minyaka yonke. Nantsi into esinokuyifunda kwiAlmanac yoxolo:

Meyi 30. Ngaloo mini kwi-1868, iSuku loSikhumbuzo sabonakala kuqala xa amabhinqa amabini eColumbus, MS, ibeke iintyatyambo kwiindawo zombini ze-Confederate kunye neManyano. Eli bali malunga nabafazi baqonda ubomi abadiniweyo kwicala ngalinye ngenxa yeMfazwe Yomphakathi ngokuvakatyelela amathuba ngeentyantyambo ezandleni zabo ngokwenene kwenzeka iminyaka emibini ngaphambili, ngo-Aprili 25, 1866. Ngokutsho kwe Iziko loPhando loPhuhliso lweMpi, kwakukho abafazi abaninzi, oomama kunye neentombi bachitha ixesha emangcwabeni. Ngo-Ephreli we-1862, umfundisi waseMichigan wajoyina amanye amantombazana aseArlington, VA ukuhlobisa amangcwaba eFredericksburg. NgoJulayi 4, i-1864, ibhinqa elivakatye ingcwaba likayise elihlangene nabaninzi abaye balahlekelwa nguyise, amadoda kunye noonyana bashiya iinqaba kwiingcwaba eBoalsburg, PA. Ngentwasahlobo ye-1865, udokotela ogqirha, owayeza kuba ngu-Surgeon Jikelele we-National Guard e-Wisconsin, wabona ubungqina besifazana bebeka iintyatyambo emangcwabeni kufuphi no-Knoxville, TN njengoko wayegqithisa ngesitimela. "Iintombi zaseNingizimuland" zenza okufanayo ngo-Ephreli 26, 1865 eJackson, MS, kunye nabasetyhini baseKingston, GA, naseCharleston, SC. Kwi-1866, abafazi baseColumbus, iMMS inomdla wokuba ukhumbule usuku, ukukhokelela kwisibongo esithi "i-Blue and Gray" nguFrancis Miles Finch. Umfazi nentombi yomntu oshonile uColumbus, GA, kunye neqela elilililayo evela eMemphis, TN benza izibheno ezifanayo kuluntu lwabo, njengabanye abavela eCarbondale, IL, kunye nobabini basePetersburg kunye neRichmond, VA. Kungakhathaliseki ukuba ngubani owokuqala ukukhulelwa komhla wokukhumbula izilwanyana, ekugqibeleni wavunywa nguRhulumente wase-US.

Andiqinisekanga ukuba bekufanele ukuba sisebenzise igama elithi “amagqala” apho. Bekufanele ukuba singqale ngakumbi. ISikhumbuzo (ekuqaleni uSuku loMhlobiso) yayiyiyo, kwaye yeyokukhumbula, okanye isikhumbuzo, abo bafayo ngelixa bethatha inxaxheba emfazweni. Ukutyhubela iminyaka, sifunde ukuthi “ukukhonza” ngokungathi imfazwe yinkonzo, kwaye siye sayandisa iholide kuzo zonke iimfazwe zase-US. Kodwa, okubalulekileyo, siyicuthe ekukhumbuleni okumangalisayo kwabo bafa kumacala omabini emfazwe ukukhumbula kuphela abo bafela kwicala laseMelika kwiimfazwe ezininzi. Kwaye njengoko iimfazwe zitshintshile zisuka kwiintlekele apho uninzi lwabafi ingamajoni aba ziintlekele apho uninzi lwabantu luhlala luhlala luhlala, uSuku lweSikhumbuzo luye lwanciphisa ngokuzenzekelayo ipesenti yabafi abakhunjulwayo. Mhlawumbi i-5% yabafi kwezinye iimfazwe zase-US zamva nje ibe yimikhosi yase-US, kwaye abanye abaninzi ibingabantu ababehlala apho imfazwe yaqhutyelwa khona, kunye nabo balwa nokuhlasela kwe-US. Akukho mntu kula maqela mabini okugqibela okhunjulwayo. Nokuba yimbangela okanye isiphumo saloo nto, uninzi lwabantu e-United States alunalwazi lokuba ngubani obhubhileyo kwiimfazwe zase-US. Ngaphandle kwesikhumbuzo "somonakalo weCollateral" eSanta Cruz, eCalif., Andazi naziphi na izikhumbuzo e-United States kuninzi lwabafileyo kwiimfazwe ezininzi zase-US, ngaphandle kokuba ubala zonke izikolo zase-darn kunye nedolophu kunye nesitrato esibiziweyo. kubemi bokuqala baseMntla Melika.

Ewe kunjalo, ndifuna ukulila ixhoba ngalinye lemfazwe, kubandakanya nabathathi-nxaxheba, kodwa ukuze ndinqande ukudala ngaphezulu, hayi ukuququzelela ukudala ngaphezulu. Yintoni enokwenziwa ngoMhla weSikhumbuzo ukuze kufundiswe yaye kuthuthuzelwe ukuzilela uxolo kunokuba kuzukiswe ugonyamelo olungakumbi?

Okokuqala, funda Ibutho lase-US: 0 - Intanethi: 1

Okwesibini, funda Sifuna uSuku lweSikhumbuzo ukuze sifihle iNyaniso enganyamezelekiyo ngeMfazwe

Ngolunye uSuku lweSikhumbuzo oludlulileyo, Ndabhala - ulwimi-esidleleni - malunga nesidingo sokufumana indlela yokukhumbula kwangaphambili abathathi-nxaxheba kwimfazwe yenyukliya ezayo engayi kushiya abasindi. Kwaye kutshanje ndiye ndacinga ukuba mhlawumbi into emasiyenze kukubonakalisa uvelwano lwethu esidlangalaleni kuwo onke loo mazwe alusizi angakhange abe namfazwe yamva nje kwaye ke musa ukufumana ulonwabo loSuku lweSikhumbuzo - amazwe amancinci aziwayo anje, uyazi, eTshayina. Kodwa - ngaphandle kwamagqabantshintshi alungileyo phantsi kweli nqaku lidityaniswe ngasentla - ndiqinisekile ukuba uxolo- kunye nabathandi bemfazwe ngokufanayo bayamanyana ngokuchasene noko bavumayo ngokubanzi ukuba lutshaba lwabo lokwenyani, oko kukuthi ukugculela. Ngoko ke, mhlawumbi kufuneka sizame enye into.

Enye into endiyenzileyo zama ukubala ubuxoki kwintetho yoSuku lweSikhumbuzo liLungu leNkomfa. Kodwa isivakalisi esinye sinokukuthatha kude kube lixesha elide emva kokuba i-fireworks ihambile kwaye yonke inyama efileyo kwi-grill iye yatshiswa emnyama kunomntu ojoliswe kuyo onomdla.

Olunye uluvo endinalo kukuba, njengamaxhoba okubulawa kwamapolisa ngobuhlanga, singakhumbula BONKE ababhubhileyo bemfazwe ngokuthi bathethe amagama abo ngokuvakalayo-okanye uninzi lwala magama njengoko sinokuqokelelana. Ndiyazi ukuba u-Ed Horgan wenze uluhlu lwamagama nje abantwana abangamaxhoba emfazwe. Ndizakongeza ikhonkco apha ukuba ndingayifumana. Kodwa yayiza kuba mangaphi amagama, yaye kwakuya kuthabatha ixesha elingakanani ukuwafunda? Ayizukuthatha ixesha elide kunokuba, yithi, ukucula i-Star Spangled Banner, akunjalo?

Ewe, nali ityala lokufa kwezigidi ezi-6 kwiimfazwe zase-US zakutsha nje, ndingayibali iminyaka emi-5 edlulileyo. Ngamagama azizigidi ezili-12 (izigidi ezi-6 zamagama kunye nezigidi ezi-6 zefani) I ukubala 9,2307.7 imizuzu okanye 153,845 iiyure okanye ngaphezulu kancinci kweentsuku ezingama-64. Bathi zintathu iindidi zabantu, abo banobuchule kwizibalo kunye nabo bangezizo. Ndinjalo. Kodwa ndiqinisekile ukuba oku kuya kuthatha ixesha elide ukwenza. Nangona kunjalo, umntu unokwenza ummeli kancinane kuyo.

Umsebenzi ongandilisekanga kangako usenokuba kukubulisa abathengi boSuku lweSikhumbuzo ngeebhenela, iihempe, iiflaya, njl. Ngaba abantu bafa ngenxa yesaphulelo sakho se-30%? Yeyiphi intengiso enganyanisekanga kangako, eyeemfazwe okanye eyeyentengiso yoSuku lweSikhumbuzo?”

Kodwa uSuku lweSikhumbuzo lunokuba sisiganeko saso nasiphi na isiganeko soxolo okanye umsebenzi, kuba isizathu sokuqala sokuphelisa imfazwe kukuba imfazwe ibulala abantu.

Ezinye izimvo zeehempe onokuthi uzinxibe kwimisitho yoSuku lweSikhumbuzo:

• Hlonipha abafileyo bemfazwe ngokudala abangasekho emfazweni.
• Sele ndichasene nemfazwe elandelayo.
• Ixhoba lokuqala lemfazwe yinyaniso. Abanye ubukhulu becala ngabemi.
• Inkululeko ayikhululeki. Kuya kufuna intshukumo engenabugorha ukuvala umzi-mveliso womkhosi.
• Ukuthandabuza ubuhlanga kukuncinci kwintsapho yam.

Kwaye izikhafu:

• Izikhafu eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ezithetha ukuba sonke siphila phantsi kwesibhakabhaka esinye kwaye kufuneka siphelise imfazwe.

kunye neempawu zeyadi:

• Hlonipha abafileyo bemfazwe ngokudala abangasekho emfazweni.
• Sele ndichasene nemfazwe elandelayo.
• World BEYOND War.

kunye neebhanile:

• World BEYOND War.

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