NguJack Gilroy, ngoNovemba 2, 2018
Kusukela I-Syracuse.com
Eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule le Nov. 11, iMpi Enkulu, iMpi Yezwe I, yaphela. Abantu emhlabeni wonke bajabula futhi bagubha ukuphela kwempi, isikhathi sokumemezela ukuthula. Ngonyaka olandelayo, i-1919, usuku lwaziwa ngokuthi yi-Day Armistice. Kwakungewona usuku lokugubha impi nabalwi kodwa usuku lokugubha ukuthula.
Ohulumeni baseBrithani nabaseJalimane bakhipha a isikhalazo esiyingqayiziveleemiphakathini yonkana emhlabeni wonke ukuzwakalisa isonto labo nezinye izinsimbi ngokuhlanganyela ku-11 ngosuku lwe-Armistice, uNksz 11, 2018, ukubeka uphawu lokukhumbula iminyaka engamakhulu ayisithupha ekupheleni kokubulawa okubi.
Isikhathi sokuthi abaseMelika benze njalo buyisa usuku lwe-Armistice.
Ngo-1954, salishiya phansi igama elithi “Armistice Day” futhi samukela “uSuku LwamaVeterans.” Simiselele usuku olungcwele lokubonga nosuku lokudumisa amaqhawe. Lokho kwakungeyona inhloso yamaqhawe omzabalazo weMpi Yezwe I. Omakadebona abakujabulelanga ukubuya kwezikhali nodaka kudabula imizimba emincane, amaphayiphi avutha igesi lwesinaphi nesikhumba esivuthayo, ukuphela kwesibhamu somshini esiveza imizuliswano engama-450 ngomzuzu, izikhali zokubulala njengamathangi, nezindiza ezihlomile ezazibulala izigidi zoMbuso. Abantu balilele amasosha abampofu kakhulu nabasebenzi ababuthwe noma abakhohliswe ngamanga okungaziwa kanye nenkulumo-ze.
Ngenkathi kumenyezelwa uSuku lwe-Armistice unyaka owodwa ngemuva kokuphela kwempi, abantu base beqala ukuqonda ukuthi ukuchitheka kwegazi kwakungeyona eyobuqhawe noma inkazimulo noma izindondo noma inkonzo, kepha kwakungamandla nemali. E-United States kuphela, kwenziwa izigidigidi ezintsha eziyi-15,000 ngokuhlanganyela kwethu okufushane empini yaseYurophu. URepublican Herbert Hoover, umqondisi we-Food Administration ekuphathweni kweDemocrat uWoodrow Wilson, wasifingqa lesi simo ngokuthi: “Amadoda amadala ayayilwela impi kodwa yintsha elwayo bese iyafa.” Wayengangeza “abalwela futhi bafe ngamanga abacebile nabanamandla.”
U-Rory Fanning, owayeyilungu le-US Army Ranger ne-deployments ezimbili e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq, ubhale: "Kucaca futhi kucace njalo ngonyaka odlulayo ukuthi iVeterans Day ayifuni ukuhlonipha omakadebona kunokuthi inciphise onembeza abanecala lalabo abathumele abanye ukuba babulale futhi bafe ngenxa yezizathu ezingahlangene kakhulu nentando yeningi nenkululeko."
UKurt Vonnegut, omunye wababhali bethu abakhulu baseMelika, waphila usizi lweMpi Yesibili Yomhlaba njengomuntu owayehamba ngezinyawo e-US eYurophu. Umlingisi “Wokudla Kwasekuseni Kompetha” kaVonnegut uthi: “Usuku Lwe-Armistice seluwusuku LwamaVeterans. Usuku lwe-Armistice lwalungcwele. Usuku lwamaVeterans alunjalo. Ngakho-ke, ngizophonsa uSuku lwamaVeterans ehlombe lami. Usuku lwe-Armistice ngizolugcina. Angifuni ukulahla noma yiziphi izinto ezingcwele. Usuku lwamaVeterans lubungaza 'amaqhawe' futhi lukhuthaza ukuya kobulala nokubulawa empini ezayo - noma enye yezimpi zethu zamanje. ”
Ama-Veterans for Peace of Broome County afisa ukubuyisela usuku lwe-Armistice. Iqembu lethu licele wonke amasonto eBinghamton ukuba anikeze izinsimbi zabo ku-11 ngeSonto, ngo-Nov. 11, ukukhumbula iminyaka eyi-100th yeMpi Yezwe I. Sincenga amasonto aseSyracuse ukuba ahlanganyele nathi ngokukhala izinsimbi zabo izikhathi ezingu-11 ngesikhathi sama-11th Usuku lwe-11th lwenyanga ye-11th.
Ama-Veterans for Peace www.veteransforpeace.org unxusa wonke amasonto aseMelika ngezinsimbi zokusiza abakwa-Veterans for Peace ukuba bavuselele usuku lwe-Armistice. Ake sigubhe ukuphela kwempi, hhayi amaqhawe.
Ngo-1 ntambama ngeSonto, u-Nov. 11, ama-Veterans for Peace eBinghamton azonikeza i-Armistice Day poppies ukugqugquzela ababukeli (i-Veterans Day parade) njengesikhumbuzo sokwesabeka kwazo zonke izimpi. Ngalolo suku, emgodini we-First Congregational Church, ekhoneni lika-Main and Front, iBinghamton, i-Stu Naismith Chapter Veterans for Peace kuyoba namathuna afana nalabo abafa eMpini YeVietnam nase-Iraq / Afghanistan. Inani labantu baseMelika abafile kubantu abafile baseVietnam, i-Iraq ne-Afghanistan bazoboniswa ezinombolweni zamatshe angcwaba.
Kumelwe siqonde izindleko zomuntu ezimbi zokulwa ukusivimbela ekwenzeni impi futhi.
