Eminyakeni engamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nesishiyagalolunye edlule, ngehora le-11 ngosuku lwe-11 lwenyanga ye-11, izinsimbi zazikhala emhlabeni wonke, futhi abantu batheleka ezigcawini zokugubha ukuphela kwalokho okwakubizwa ngokuthi Impi Yokuqeda Zonke Izimpi. Iminyaka eminingi, uSuku lwe-Armistice lwalubhekwa njengosuku lokukhumbula abafile be-WWI futhi sizinikezele kabusha ukuthi singaphinde sivumele impi yenzeke futhi.
Kuleli sonto, ngokusizwa uxhaso oluvela ku-NC Humanities Council, insimbi ibikhala isuka eSwords engamafidi angama-24 ubude iya ePlowshares Memorial Belltower, okuyisikhumbuzo sokuvakasha esiye sakhiwa, unyaka wesine ilandelana, otshanini bethu. I-State Capitol e-Raleigh. Umphakathi ubulokhu wengeza imibhalo eqoshiwe kuleli tshe lesikhumbuzo ukuze ufakaze ngendlela impi ekuthinte ngayo ukuphila kwawo. Lezi zingqwembe zesiliva, ezenziwe ngamathini asetshenziselwe kabusha futhi zibenyezela emoyeni, zinemibhalo eklabalasa inhliziyo ngezilimi eziningi ezihlukahlukene.
IBelltower yanikezelwa ngoSuku lweSikhumbuzo 2014 yi-Eisenhower Chapter of Veterans for Peace kanye nomqondisi wangaphambili we-NC State University alumni kanye nomakadebona we-Air Force u-Bob Kennel ongamelayo. Ugqozi lwawo kwakuwumnyango wethusi weNCSU Belltower, enombhalo othi “Futhi Bayokhanda Izinkemba Zabo Zibe Ngamakhuba.” Lesi siqephu seTestamente Elidala, esingcwele kumaJuda, amaKristu, amaSulumane nabanye, siyisikhumbuzo somoya wokuqala we-Armistice Day.
Ngo-1953, uMongameli u-Eisenhower wathi, “Sonke isibhamu esenziwayo, yonke imikhumbi yempi eyethulwa, wonke amarokhethi adubulayo asho ... Kodwa ngemva konyaka, wasayina isimemezelo eseqa kabusha i-Armistice Day njengoSuku Lwama-Veterans. Kusukela i-WWI, ngenhloso yokuqala yosuku isikhohliwe, sibone ukwanda kwe-fascism eYurophu, izinto ezesabekayo ze-WWII, iMpi YaseKorea, Impi YaseVietnam kanye "nezimpi zethu zobuphekula" ezingapheli. I-War on Poverty ayizange ibe sethubeni.
Enye indlela yokuqondisa kabusha izinsiza ekwenzeni ukuthula iwukukhuphula intela ekwenziweni kwezikhali. Ababili baseNorth Carolinians, umholi we-US House Majority uClaude Kitchin kanye noNobhala Wezempi Yezempi uJosephus Daniels, bahole imizamo ngesikhathi seWWI yokushintsha uhlelo lwentela oluhlehliswayo lukaMongameli uWilson noluhlanganisa izintela zenzuzo yempi eyeqisayo. Naphezu kokuphikisa kukaKitchin, intela yenzuzo yempi yahoxiswa kamuva.
Ngokudabukisayo, u-Kitchin, umphikisi omkhulu we-US ekungeneni kwegazi laseYurophu, kanye noDaniels, owashicilela isandulela se-News & Observer, nabo baba nesandla ekuketulweni kodlame komfelandawonye wezinhlanga ezihlukahlukene eNorth Carolina ngo-1898. Isimo sezulu sobuhlanga ingcindezelo-ke i-mmay isidlise umoya wobuzwe owasidonsela empini.
Okwenza isikhumbuzo saseBelltower singajwayelekile, ngaphandle kokuhamba kwayo, ukuzinikezela kwaso, “kubo bonke omakadebona nezisulu zempi, kungakhathaliseki uhlanga, ukholo, noma ubuzwe.” Izikhumbuzo ezivamile azihlanganisi wonke umuntu futhi zilawulwa ngentando yeningi. Esikhundleni sokumenyelwa ezingxoxweni eziqotho mayelana nezindleko nezimbangela zempi, sitshelwa ukuba sikhumbule buthule labo “abanikela ngokuphila kwabo ngenxa yenkululeko yethu.” Kodwa izimpilo eziningi, kokubili amasosha kanye nezakhamuzi, zabulawa ngaphandle kokuzikhethela. Okhokho bami, abaseBrithani nabase-Austrian, balwa ezinhlangothini ezihlukene ngeWWI. Ingabe ngamunye wabo wayekholelwa ukuthi wayelwela inkululeko?
Ehlangothini olusentshonalanga yeCapitol, ekhoneni lapho simise khona iBelltower yethu, kumi isikhumbuzo esiyimpikiswano esithi "To Our Confederate Dead." Ngiyavuma kufanele bakhunjulwe. Kodwa, njengezikhumbuzo eziningi zempi, yakhiwa abambalwa abanamandla abakhumbula ingxenye kuphela yokuthi ubani owadela, noma wazidela, kuleyo mpi. Kuthiwani ngezinkulungwane zabantu baseNyakatho Caroline, abamhlophe nabamnyama, abalwela iNyunyana? Izakhamuzi ezabulawa noma zafa ngenxa yokuswela amandla ngesikhathi sempi? Omama nobaba nezingane? Noma labo abangakaze balulame ekulimaleni ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo kanye nalabo abazibulalayo? Izindaba zabo, nazo, zifanelwe ukuxoxwa, futhi uzozithola emibhalweni efakwe eBelltower yethu.
Mhlawumbe isici esinamandla kakhulu kodwa esiphilisayo seBelltower yethu ukufakwa kwemibhalo ekhumbula ukuhlupheka “kwezitha” zethu. Ngengeza imibhalo yabo bobabili okhokho bami. Olunye uqwembe lwesikhumbuzo lwanikezelwa ngumakadebona we-US Marine Corps uMike Hanes “Kusakhamuzi sase-Iraq esashona ekuhlaseleni kwethu. Ngafela ezingalweni zomngane wami. Isithombe engingasoze ngisikhohlwe.”
Ngalolu suku lwe-Armistice, masishaye - ekugcineni - izinkemba zethu zibe ngamakhuba.
U-Roger Ehrlich uyilungu elihlangene le-Eisenhower Isahluko 157 se-Veterans for Peace kanye nomdidiyeli we-Swords to Plowshares Memorial Belltower, ezobukwa e-State Capitol kuze kube nguNov. 11 futhi iphinde yakhiwe eduze neSikhumbuzo saseVietnam eWashington. , DC, Usuku lweSikhumbuzo olulandelayo.
