Tsiku la Chikumbutso
Tsiku la Chikumbutso ndi tsiku la kukumbukira ndi kulemekeza ankhondo omwe anafera kudziko lawo, makamaka omwe anafa pankhondo kapena chifukwa cha mabala omwe amakhalapo pankhondo. Ngakhale kuti anthu omwe anamwalira amakumbukiridwanso pa Tsiku la Veterans, Tsiku la Veterans ndi tsiku lokhazikitsidwa poyamika ndi kulemekeza ONSE amene adatumikira msilikali - mu nthawi ya nkhondo kapena nthawi yamtendere.
Mbiri ya Tsiku la Chikumbutso
Patatha zaka zitatu nkhondo ya Civil Civil isatha, pa May 5, 1868, mtsogoleri wa bungwe la Union Veterans - Great Army Republic (GAR) - adakhazikitsa Tsiku Lokongoletsera ngati nthawi yoti mtunduwo ukongoletse manda akufa ndi maluwa. Maj Gen. John A. Logan adalengeza kuti tsiku lokonzekera liyenera kuwonetsedwa pa May 30. Zimakhulupirira kuti tsiku linasankhidwa chifukwa maluwa adzakhala pachimake m'dziko lonse lapansi. Msonkhano waukulu woyamba unachitika chaka chimenecho ku Arlington National Cemetery.
Zikondwerero zomwe zinali pafupi ndi maliro-anajambula chinsalu cha nyumba ya Arlington, yomwe inali nyumba ya Gen. Robert E. Lee. Akuluakulu a Washington osiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo Gen. ndi Akazi a Ulysses S. Grant, adayang'anira madyerero. Pambuyo pa zokambirana, ana ochokera ku Masewera a Asilikari ndi Oyendetsa Nyanja, ndipo mamembala a GAR adayendayenda m'manda, akubzala maluwa pa manda onse a mgwirizano ndi a mgwirizano, mapemphero akumbukira komanso kuimba nyimbo.
Kulemekeza nsembe zolimba za mbali zonse ziwiri za nkhondo ndi holide yapadzikoli inali njira ya mtundu wathu kuchiritsirako patatha zaka zambiri za Nkhondo Yachibadwidwe.
Zochitika Zakale Zimati Zidzakhala Zoyamba
Nthawi yamasika ya m'deralo imayambira ku Nkhondo Yachikhalidwe ya Anthu yakufa kale imene inachitika m'malo osiyanasiyana. Chimodzi mwa zoyambazo chinachitika ku Columbus, Miss., April 25, 1866, pamene gulu la akazi linafika kumanda kukakongoletsa manda a asilikali a Confederate omwe agwa ku nkhondo ku Silo.
Pafupi anali manda a asilikali a Union, osanyalanyazidwa chifukwa anali adani. Atasokonezeka pakuwona manda omwe alibe, amayiwo anaika maluwa awo pamanda amenewo.
Masiku ano, mizinda ya kumpoto ndi kum'mwera imatchedwa malo a Chikumbutso m'chaka cha 1866. Macon ndi Columbus, Ga., Adanena kuti mutuwu, komanso Richmond, Va. Mudzi wa Boalsburg, Pa. apo zaka ziwiri zisanachitike. Mwala ku Carbondale, Ill, m'manda, umanena kuti mwambo woyamba wa Tsiku la Kukonzekera unachitika kumeneko pa April 29, 1866. Carbondale anali nyumba ya Gen. Logan panyumba ya nkhondo. Malo okwana 25 adatchulidwapo ponena za chiyambi cha Tsiku la Chikumbutso, ambiri mwa iwo kumwera kumene ambiri mwa nkhondo yakufa adaikidwa. Zili bwino kunena kuti Chikumbutso cha Tsiku la Chikumbutso chinakula m'madera ndi dziko ndipo chinasintha kukhala phwando la federal.
Malo Odziwika Amalo Adalengezedwa
Mu 1966, Congress ndi Purezidenti Lyndon Johnson adalengeza Waterloo, NY, "malo obadwira" a Tsiku la Chikumbutso. Kumeneko, mwambo wa pa May 5, 1866, unalemekezedwa ndi asilikali a m'deralo omwe adamenya nkhondo ya Civil Civil. Amalonda anatsekedwa ndipo anthu okhalamo amawomba mbendera pa antchito a theka. Otsatira zomwe a Waterloo amanena amanena kuti zikondwerero za m'madera ena sizinali zachilendo, osati zochitika zapakati pa anthu kapena nthawi imodzi.
Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1900, mwambowu unachitikira pa May 30 m'dziko lonse lapansi. Malamulo a boma amapereka mauthenga osonyeza tsikulo, ndipo asilikali ndi asilikali ananyamula malamulo oyenera kuti azisunga malo awo.
Koma pambuyo pa nkhondo yoyamba ya padziko lapansi, tsikulo linakula kuti lilemekeze anthu omwe anamwalira mu nkhondo zonse za ku America. Mu 1971, Tsiku la Chikumbutso linalengezedwa kuti ndilo tchuthi ladziko chifukwa cha msonkhano wa Congress. Izi zinaperekedwanso pa Lolemba lapitalo mu Meyi, monga momwe zinachitikira maofesi a federal.
Mayiko Ena Ali ndi Maonedwe a Confederate
Madera ambiri akummwera ali ndi masiku awo omwe amalemekeza a Confederate wakufa. Mississippi imakondwerera tsiku lakumapeto la mwezi wa April, ku Alabama pa Lolemba lachinayi la mwezi wa April, ndi ku Georgia pa April 26. North ndi South Carolina akuziwona pa May 10, Louisiana pa June 3 ndi Tennessee akuyitana tsiku lomwelo la Confederate Decoration.
Texas akukondwerera Tsiku la Confederate Heroes January 19 ndi Virginia akuitana Lolemba lapitalo mu May Confederate Memorial Day.
Gen. Logan akulamula kuti zikhomo zake azikongoletsa manda mu 1868 "ndi maluwa okoma kwambiri a masika" analimbikitsa kuti: "Tiyenera kuyang'anira manda awo mosamala. ... Lolani njira zosangalatsa kuitana kubwera ndi kupita kwa alendo olemekezeka komanso okonda achimwemwe. Musalole kunyalanyaza, kusokonezeka kwa nthawi, kuchitira umboni ku mibadwo yinoyi kapena ikudza yomwe ife taiwala ngati anthu mtengo wa dziko laulere ndi lokha. "
Khamu la anthu omwe anabwera ku mwambo woyamba wa Chikumbutso ku Arlington National Cemetery unali wofanana ndi omwe amapezeka pamsonkhanowu, pafupifupi anthu 5,000. Kenaka, pakalipano, mbendera za America zazing'ono zidayikidwa pamanda onse, mwambo womwe unatsatiridwa m'manda ambiri amitundu lero. Zaka zaposachedwapa, mwambowu wakula m'mabanja ambiri kuti azikongoletsa manda onse okondedwa awo omwe achoka.
Nthawi Yachikumbutso Yachikhalidwe
Kuonetsetsa kuti kudzipereka kwa magulu akugonjetsa ku Amerika sikukuiŵalika, mu December 2000, Congress ya US inadutsa ndipo purezidenti adasintha lamulo, National Commission of Remembrance Act, kulenga bungwe la White House pa National Moment of Remembrance. Lamulo la Komiti ndi kulimbikitsa anthu a ku United States kuti apereke china chake kudziko lawo, chomwe chimapatsa ufulu ndi mwayi waukulu, polimbikitsa ndikukonzekera zikondwerero ku United States wa Tsiku la Chikondwerero ndi Nthawi Yachikumbutso ya Chidziwitso.
Nthawi Yachikumbutso ya Padziko Lonse imalimbikitsa anthu onse a ku America kuti ayime ponse paliponse nthawi ya 3 koloko nthawi yakumunda pa Tsiku la Chikumbutso kwa mphindi imodzi yokhala chete kuti azikumbukira ndi kulemekeza awo omwe adafa potumikira mtunduwo. Monga woyambitsa Panthawi Yachikumbutso Carmella LaSpada akuti: "Ndi njira yomwe ife tonse tingathandizire kubwezeretsa chikumbukiro pa Tsiku la Chikumbutso."
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