Amathinta
Namuhla uSuku lweSikhumbuzo e-United States. Usuku lweSikhumbuzo wusuku lapho sazisa khona labo abasikhokhele inani eliphakeme kakhulu. Ukuhlonipha abafileyo bethu akusona isiqiniseko sempi, kunalokho, ukunikeza inhlonipho kulabo abangazange babuyele kubangane nemindeni yabo.
Abantu abaningi baphambanisa uSuku Lomakadebona noSuku LweSikhumbuzo… kokubili kuhluke kakhulu. Usuku lwama-Veterans luhlonipha ama-Veterans ephila noma efile, okungenzeka ukuthi balwe noma abangakaze kudingeke ngenkathi bekhonza izwe labo. Usuku lweSikhumbuzo olwalabo abalwa futhi bafa.
Umlando we-Taps
Njengoba indaba iqhubeka, uGeneral Butterfield akazange ajabule ngokubiza Izibani Zokucisha, enomuzwa wokuthi ucingo lwaluhlelekile kakhulu ukukhombisa ukuphela kwezinsuku, futhi ngosizo lwe-brigade bugler, u-Oliver Willcox Norton (1839-1920), wabhala u-Taps. ukuhlonipha amadoda akhe ngenkathi esekamu eHarrison's Landing, eVirginia, kulandela impi Yezinsuku Eziyisikhombisa.
Lezi zimpi zenzeke phakathi nomkhankaso wePeninsular Campaign ka-1862. Ubizo olusha, lwakhala ngalobo busuku ngo-July, 1862, ngokushesha lwasakazekela kwamanye amayunithi e-Union Army futhi kubikwa ukuthi nalo lwalusetshenziswa ama-Confederates. Ukuthepha kwenziwe ikholi yesiphazamisi esemthethweni ngemva kwempi.
Kusuka kuwebhusayithi ye-Taps Bugler.
[umsindo:https://martech.zone/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/taps.mp3]Ompompi bekungekona okwangempela, cishe bekulotshwe ocingweni lwephutha elifanayo, olubizwa nge-Tattoo, olwadlalwa ihora elilodwa ngaphambi kokuthi amasosha aqede usuku futhi alale. Abanye abantu futhi abaqapheli ukuthi amagama abhalwe ku-Taps, ucingo oluhle kodwa oluthusayo oludlalwa ukuhlonipha abafowethu nodadewethu abawa:
Usuku seluphelile, selihambile ilanga,
Emagqumeni, echibini,
Kusukela esibhakabhakeni.
Konke kuhamba kahle, phumula ngokuphepha,
UNkulunkulu useduze.Kufiphala ukukhanya; Futhi kude
Imini iyahamba, Nezinkanyezi
Icwebezela,
Hamba kahle; Usuku seluhambile,
Ubusuku buvuliwe.Ukubonga nokudumisa, Ngezinsuku zethu,
'Ngaphansi kwelanga, eduze kwezinkanyezi,
'Eceleni kwesibhakabhaka,
Njengoba sihamba, Lokhu siyakwazi,
UNkulunkulu useduze.
Namuhla futhi iminyaka engu-25 kwasungulwa Isikhumbuzo seVietnam Veteran.