Kwa ena, chikumbutso cha Tsiku la Atumwi ku United States chimadziwika kwambiri. Mapepala am'deralo amatsutsa malonda a "Sales Day Day Sales!" Ndipo ambiri amachoka kuntchito. Koma kodi munayamba mwaima kuti muganizire za tsiku lofunika lodziwika?
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Tsiku la a Purezidenti linalinganiziridwa (kwa ena) kulemekeza azidindo onse a America, koma makamaka George Washington ndi Abraham Lincoln.
Malingana ndi kalendala ya Gregory kapena "New Style" imene imagwiritsidwa ntchito masiku ano, George Washington anabadwa pa February 22, 1732. Koma malinga ndi kalendala ya Julian kapena "Old Style" imene inagwiritsidwa ntchito ku England mpaka 1752, tsiku lake lobadwa February 11th. Kubwerera mu zaka za m'ma 1790, a ku America adagawanika - ena adakondwerera tsiku lake lobadwa pa February 11 ndipo ena pa February 22nd.
Pamene Abraham Lincoln anakhala purezidenti ndipo adathandizanso kubwezeretsa dziko lathu, adakhulupirira kuti nayenso ayenera kukhala ndi tsiku lapadera lodziwika. Chinthu chokhwima chinali chakuti tsiku la kubadwa kwa Lincoln linagwa pa February 12th. Zisanafike 1968, kukhala ndi zaka ziwiri za kubadwa kwa pulezidenti pafupi kwambiri sikunkawopsyeze aliyense. February 22nd adawonedwa kuti phwando lachikondwerero la federal kuti lilemekeze tsiku lobadwa la George Washington ndi February 12th lidawonedwa kuti ndilo tchuthi lapadera kuti lilemekeze tsiku la kubadwa kwa Abraham Lincoln.
Mu 1968, zinthu zinasintha pamene Congress ya 90 inatsimikiza kupanga dongosolo lofananirana la maholide a Lamulo.
Iwo adasankha kuwonetsa masiku atatu omwe alipo (kuphatikizapo Washington Birthday) mpaka Lachisanu. Lamulo linagwira ntchito mu 1971, ndipo chifukwa chake, holide ya ku Washington inasinthidwa kukhala Lolemba lachitatu mu February. Koma si Achimereka onse omwe anali okondwa ndi lamulo latsopano. Panali zovuta kuti Washington azindikire kuti adzalandidwa kuyambira Lolemba lachitatu mu February sangafike pa tsiku lake lobadwa.
Panali kuyesanso kubwereza tsiku la tchuthi "Tsiku la Atumwi", koma lingalirolo silinapite kulikonse chifukwa ena amakhulupirira kuti sikuti onse a mtsogoleri amayenera kudziwika bwino.
Ngakhale kuti Congress inakhazikitsa lamulo la fuko la fuko la uniform, panalibe mgwirizano wa chikondwerero cha tchuthi pakati pawo. Ena amati, monga California, Idaho, Tennessee ndi Texas anasankha kusasunga udindo wa tchuthi ku federal ndipo adatchedwanso malo awo otchulidwa kuti "Tsiku la Purezidenti." Kuchokera nthawi imeneyo, mawu akuti "Tsiku la Atsogoleri" adakhala chinthu chodziwitsira, monga otsatsa malonda ankafuna kupititsa patsogolo mwayi wa malonda a masiku atatu kapena sabata.
Mu 1999, misonkho inayambitsidwa ku nyumba ya US (HR-1363) ndi Senate (S-978) kuti adziwe kuti tchuthi lovomerezeka lalamulo lomwe linatchedwanso kuti Washington's Birthday liyenera kutchulidwa ndi dzina limeneli. Misonkho yonseyi inamwalira m'makomiti.
Lero, Tsiku la Pulezidenti limavomerezedwa ndikukondedwa. Madera ena akuwonabe maholide oyambirira a Washington ndi Lincoln, ndipo madera ambiri amapanga zowonongeka ndi zolemba pamalopo. National Park Service imakhalanso ndi malo ambiri ovomerezeka komanso zochitika zapamwamba kuti azilemekeza miyoyo ya azidindo awiriwa, komanso atsogoleri ena ofunikira.
Kumene Mungayendere
Malo Odziwika Nawo Achibadwidwe a George Washington ku VA, akuchitira phwando la pachaka tsiku la Purezidenti komanso pa tsiku lake lobadwa. Alendo angasangalale ndi zochitika zapadera zomwe zimachitika tsiku lonse. Phiri la Vernon (lomwe tsopano ndi gawo la George Washington Memorial Parkway) limalemekezanso George Washington ndi sabata lopembedzera tsiku lakubadwa ndi tsiku lopanda malire pachaka (Lolemba lachitatu la February).
Zochitika zapachaka kuti zikumbukire tsiku la kubadwa kwa Abraham Lincoln zikuphatikizapo: mwambo wa February 12th wokhala pampando wachifumu ku Historic National Place of Birthplace ya Abraham Lincoln ku KY; Lincoln Day, yomwe imachitika chaka chilichonse Lamlungu lapamtima kufika pa 12 February ku Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial mu IN; ndi mapulogalamu apadera a kubadwa ku Lincoln Home National Historic Site ku IL. Chaka chilichonse, zochitika zina zamtengo wapatali ndizowonjezeredwa, choncho onetsetsani kuti muyang'ane kalendala ya penti musanayende.
National Park Service imakhalanso ndi malo ena omwe amakumbukira a pulezidenti ena omwe adalipo kale, kuphatikizapo John Adams, Thomas Jefferson , John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses Grant, James Garfield, Teddy Roosevelt, William Taft, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, ndi Bill Clinton. Mukhozanso kuyendera malo ochititsa chidwi monga phiri la Rushmore kapena mapepala a asilikali monga Gettysburg pa ulendo wodzisangalatsa.