Phunzirani za chiyambi ndi kusunga Tsiku la Veterans
Pa Tsiku la Veterans , Achimereka amalemekeza anthu onse omenyera usilikali, kuphatikizapo amayi ambiri omwe akugwira nawo nkhondo omwe amapita ku nkhondo komanso omwe adapereka moyo wawo kudziko lawo.
Nazi zina za Tsiku la Azimayi omwe simudziwa.
Momwe Tsiku Lomwe Anayambira
Tsiku la Veterans nthawi zonse likuwonetsedwa pa November 11 ndikulankhula ndi maulendo ku United States. Pamene tchuthi liyamba poyamba ngakhale linali ndi dzina losiyana lomwe linali tsiku la Armistice.
Nazi momwe tsikuli lapitira patsogolo nthawi:
- Choyamba chinakondwerera pa November 11, 1919, chomwe chinali chaka choyamba chakumapeto kwa nkhondo yoyamba ya padziko lonse.
- Mu 1926, Congress inagamula chisankho cha mwambo wapachaka.
- Mu 1938, November 11 inadzakhala chikondwerero cha dziko lonse.
- Mu 1954, Pulezidenti Dwight D. Eisenhower adasaina lamulo lolemba dzina kuti Veterans Day kuti alemekeze anthu omenyana nawo nkhondo zonse za ku America. Tsikuli ndilo kulemekeza iwo amene anamwalira nkhondo komanso omwe adapulumuka.
- Mu 1968, Bill Yolimbitsa Bwino inadulidwa ndi Congress, yomwe inasunthira Tsiku la Veterans ku Lolemba lachinayi mu Oktoba. Lamulo linayamba kugwira ntchito mu 1971 koma linabwereranso ku November 11th mu 1975 ndi Pulezidenti Ford chifukwa chofunika kwambiri pa mbiri yakale tsikulo.
Ankhondo akale ndi Numeri
Panali asilikali okwana 19.3 miliyoni ku US mu 2014. Mwa iwo:
- 1.6 miliyoni anali akazi
- 11.4 peresenti anali African American.
- 78,9 peresenti sanali anthu a ku Puerto Rico oyera
- 6.1 peresenti anali Aspanishi
- 9.4 miliyoni anali 65 ndi kuposa
- 1.7 miliyoni anali oposa 35
Ankhondo a Nkhondo
Anthu makumi atatu mphambu asanu pa zana aliwonse a zida zamoyo zonse adatumikira pa nkhondo ya Vietnam. Mu 2009, panali:
- Anthu okwana 7.0 miliyoni a ku Vietnam. (1964-1975)
- Ankhondo okwana 5,5 miliyoni a ku Gulf War. (August 1990 kuti apereke)
- 1.1 miliyoni mamiliyoni 1.1 a nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse. (1941-1945)
- Ankhondo oposa 2.0 miliyoni a nkhondo ya Korea. (1950-1953)
Ankhondo okwana 62,544 omwe ankatumikira pa nkhondo ya Vietnam ndi nthawi zonse za Gulf War (August 1990 mpaka August 2001 ndi September 2001 kapena kenako).
4.4 miliyoni omwe adatumikira mu nthawi yamtendere okha.
Ankhondo omenyera kuntchito
Ankhondo oposa 7.4 miliyoni anali ogwira ntchito zankhondo mu 2014 ndipo 7.0 miliyoni anagwiritsidwa ntchito.
Akhondo azimayi omwe adalandira ndalama zokwana madola 31,810 mu 2014, oposa $ 21,804 omwe amapezedwa ndi atsikana omwe alibe chidziwitso cha nkhondo.
Amuna achiwembu adapeza ndalama zokwana madola 37,307 mu 2014, oposa $ 32,433 omwe amapezedwa ndi abusa omwe alibe ntchito.
9.2 peresenti ya mabungwe omwe si a famu ya US anali ndi azimenya nkhondo. Makampani omwe ali ndi zida zankhondo ali ndi makampani pafupifupi 27 miliyoni miliyoni 27.6 miliyoni omwe sali amalonda m'mapiri m'dziko lonse lapansi mu 2012.
'Mapeto, Maphunziro, ndi Olemala'
27.5 peresenti ya asilikali achikulire omwe anali ndi zaka 25 kapena kuposerapo anakhala ndi digiri ya bachelor poyerekezera ndi 30.3 peresenti osakhala achilendo.
Anthu oposa 3.8 miliyoni omwe adagonjetsedwa ndi "kulemala kwapadera" mu 2014. Mtundu umenewu ndi pamene msilikali akuvulazidwa kapena akuvulaza panthawi yomwe akugwira ntchito kapena akudwala matenda omwe amachititsa kuti ali ndi vuto.
Zinyama Zowonjezera Zowonjezera Kuvota
Ankhondo oposa 14.7 miliyoni adavota mu chisankho cha pulezidenti wa 2012. Ndiwo makumi asanu ndi awiri pa makumi asanu ndi awiri a azungu onse, poyerekeza ndi 60.9 peresenti ya osakhala achilendo.
Ankhondo oposa 11.5 miliyoni adavota mu chisankho cha chisankho cha 2006. Ndiwo 54 peresenti ya azungu onse, poyerekeza ndi 41 peresenti ya anthu osakhala ndi usilikali.
Mmene Mungayankhire Zikomo kwa Msilikali Wachikulire pa Tsiku la Wachimbamtima
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"Zikomo chifukwa cha zonse zomwe mwachita komanso zomwe mukupitiriza kuchita. Tonse ndife otetezeka chifukwa cha zochita zanu."
"Zikomo."
Kuchokera: Census Bureau
Kusinthidwa ndi Elizabeth McGrory