Honoring lub 'Nco Ntsoov' Tuag
Tus Pejxeem ntawm Peb Cov Neeg Pabcuam yog ib feem ntawm lub tebchaws Nyablaj Veterans Memorial ntawm lub National Park Service tau txais kev qhuas ntawm "tsis nco qab" tuag lawm
"Yog li ntawd, tus kws sau ntawv nug tias leej twg tseem nco qab tias Memorial Day tseem khaws cia peb teb, nws ua kev zoo siab thiab ua raws li lub xyoo dhau ib lub teb chaws muaj kev ua siab zoo thiab kev ntseeg. thiab kev ntseeg yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev ua kom muaj zog, kom sib ntaus sib tua, koj yuav tsum ntseeg ib yam dab tsi thiab xav tau ib yam dab tsi rau koj lub peev xwm, yog li ntawd koj yuav tsum ua li cas nqa lwm yam kom tiav.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. ntawm qhov chaw nyob rau Memorial Day, lub Tsib Hlis 30, 1884, hauv Keene, NH.
Txhua lub xyoo, nyob rau hnub Monday kawg hauv lub Tsib Hlis, peb lub tebchaws ua kevcai nco txog hnub Memorial. Rau ntau, hnub no tsis muaj lub ntsiab tshwj xeeb tshwj tsis yog tias muaj kev ntxiv sij hawm ntawm kev ua haujlwm, lub puam tshais, pib lub caij ntuj sov caij mus ncig, los yog rau cov tub lag luam, lub sijhawm los tuav lawv Memorial Day Weekend muag. Qhov tseeb tiag, cov hnub caiv yog pom nyob rau hauv kev hawm ntawm peb lub teb chaws armed ua hauj lwm cov neeg ua haujlwm uas raug tua nyob rau hauv wartime.
Tom qab
Cov kev cai ntawm kev hwm txoj kev ua tub rog ntawm kev ua tsov rog pib ua ntej yuav xaus rau Kev Ua Tsov Rog Thoob Ntiaj Teb, tab sis lub Hnub Qub Memorial Day (lossis "Decoration Day," raws li nws tau xub thawj) yog thawj zaug ntawm Tsib Hlis 30, 1868, kev txiav txim ntawm General John Alexander Logan rau lub hom phiaj ntawm dai khaub ncaws qhov ntxa ntawm American Civil War tuag. Thaum txog lub sijhawm, Memorial Day tau txuas mus rau txhua tus neeg uas tau tuag rau kev ua haujlwm rau tebchaws, los ntawm Tsov Rog Revolutionary mus txog tam sim no.
Nws tseem yuav raug pom nyob rau lub Tsib Hlis 30 txog 1971, thaum feem ntau lub xeev tau hloov mus rau ib qho kev tsim tshiab ntawm tsoomfwv lub sijhawm ua kev cai hnub caiv.
Confederate Memorial Day, thaum muaj kev cai lij choj nyiaj so koobtsheej nyob rau ntau cov tebchaws nyob rau lub tebchaws, tseem tabtom tseem tuaj koom hnub Monday thib plaub hauv lub Plaub Hlis hauv Alabama, thiab hnub Monday tom Lub Plaub Hlis hauv Mississippi thiab Georgia.
Ib Lub Tebchaws Lub Caij Puas Tseem Ceeb
Lub Tsib Hlis Ntuj xyoo 1997 pom tau hais tias pib qhov kev ntseeg Asmeskas uas tau pom zoo los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm thiab Cov Xib Hwb ntawm Congress - los muab cov "memorial" rov qab rau Memorial Day. Lub tswv yim ntawm Tebchaws Moment of Remembrance tau yug xyoo dhau los thaum menyuam ncig tebchaws Lafayette Park nyob rau hauv Washington, DC tau nug txog qhov Memorial Day meant thiab lawv tau teb, "Hnub ntawd yog lub pas dej qhib!"
Qhov "Moment" tau pib los ntawm No Greater Love, ib lub koom haum Washington, DC uas yog lub koom haum hauv teb chaws. Thawj thawj zaug hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas keeb kwm yav dhau, Memorial Day 1997 "Taps" raug ntaus thaum 3 teev tsaus ntuj nyob hauv ntau qhov chaw thiab thaum muaj xwm txheej thoob plaws tebchaws Amelikas. Qhov kev ua no tau rov ua dua ntxiv rau xyoo tom ntej.
Lub hom phiaj ntawm "Moment" yog kom cov neeg Amelikas paub txog cov nyiaj uas tau ua los ntawm cov neeg uas tau tuag thaum tiv thaiv peb lub teb chaws thiab txhawb tag nrho cov neeg Amelikas kom ua rau cov neeg uas tau tuag vim kev ua hauj lwm rau lub teb chaws no 3:00 tsaus ntuj (lub zos sijhawm) rau Memorial Day.
Lub Chaw Ua Si National Park
Thaum peb xaiv ua kevcai nco txog Memorial Day ib xyoos ib zaug xwb, muaj ntau qhov chaw ua si ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas uas muaj 365-hnub-ib-xyoos thiab cov ntawv pov thawj rau cov neeg Asmeskas tua hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua thoob plaws hauv peb lub teb chaws keeb kwm.
Ntawm qhov ntau cov chaw ua si uas ua nco txog Amelikas Cov Keeb Kwm yog qhov chaw xws li Cov Txiv Neej Cov Chaw Ua Si National Historical Park, Cowpens National Battlefield, thiab Fort Stanwix National Monument. Kev Tsov Rog Xej Tsov Thaj Chaw Nco txog qhov chaw xws li Fort Sumter National Monument, Antietam National Battlefield, thiab Vicksburg National Military Park. Memorials rau ntau cov kev tsov kev rog muaj xws li cov Kauslim Tebchaws Veterans Memorial, Memorial Veterans Memorial, Vietnam Women's Memorial, thiab Memorial World War II.
Txhua lub xyoo ntawm cov chaw ua si thoob plaws teb chaws, Memorial Day weekend yog ib txwm coj los ntawm parades, memorial speeches, reenactments thiab keeb kwm kev ua yeeb yam, thiab kho kom zoo nkauj ntawm cov ntxa nrog paj thiab chij.
Cov Lus Tseeb thiab Cov Qauv - Cov Neeg Asmeskas Casualties
Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
Pab: Tsis muaj ntaub ntawv
Kev tuag: 4,435
Mob 6,188
Tsov rog ntawm 1812 (1812-1815)
Ua Haujlwm: 286,730
Sib tw tuag: 2,260
Muaj kev raug mob: 4,505
Mexican Tsov Rog (1846-1848)
Ua Haujlwm: 78,718
Sib ntaus sib tua tuag: 1,733
Lwm yam kev tuag: 11,550
Muaj kev puas tsuaj: 4,152
Civil War (1861-1865)
Ua Haujlwm: 2,213,363
Sib tw tuag: 140,414
Lwm yam kev tuag: 224,097
Muaj Mob: 281,881
Spanish-American War (1895-1902)
Ua Haujlwm: 306,760
Kev sib tw tuag: 385
Lwm yam kev tuag: 2,061
Mob siab: 1,662
Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog Thiaj Teb (1917-1918)
Ua Haujlwm: 4,734,991
Sib ntaus sib tua tuag: 53,402
Lwm yam kev tuag: 63,114
Raug mob: 204,002
Ntiaj Teb Tsov Rog II (1941-1946)
Ua Haujlwm: 16,112,566
Sib ntaus sib tua tuag: 291,557
Lwm yam kev tuag: 113,842
Muaj Mob: 671,846
Kauslim Teb (1950-1953)
Ua Haujlwm: 5,720,000
Sib ntaus sib tua tuag: 33,651
Lwm yam kev tuag: 3,262
Muaj Mob: 103,284
Nyab Laj teb Nyab Laj (1964-1973)
Ua Haujlwm: 8,744,000
Sib ntaus sib tua tuag: 47,378
Lwm yam kev tuag: 10,799
Mob siab: 153,303
Gulf War (1991)
Ua Haujlwm: 24,100
Kev tuag: 162
Afghanistan War (2002 - ????)
Kev tuag: 503 (raws li hnub tim 22, 2008)
Iraq rog (2003 - ????)
Kev tuag: 4079 (raws li ntawm Tsib Hlis 22, 2008)
Muaj kev tsim txom: 29,978
> Source:
> Cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm Lub Chaw Haujlwm Kev Tiv Thaiv, Tebchaws Meskas Central Command, thiab Iraq Coalition Casualty Count