Zochitika mu mbiri ya mbendera ya USA

Mbendera ya ku United States ndi chizindikiro cha ufulu ndi kukonda dziko lako. Ngakhale kuti kapangidwe ka Mbendera kawonetsedwa mosiyana, nyenyezi ndi mizere yakhala ikugwirizana ndi America nthawi zonse.

Mbendera ya ku United States nthawi zambiri imawuluka kwambiri nthawi yamavuto adziko komanso kulira. Kuyambira nthawi ya nkhondo yachisinthiko, Mbendera yakhala chizindikiro cha mgwirizano chomwe chalimbikitsa dziko lovulala panthawi yankhondo, monga Nkhondo ya 1812, Nkhondo Yoyamba ndi Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse, ndi Gulu la Ufulu Wachibadwidwe. Mbenderayo idagwiranso ntchito ngati chizindikiro cha mgwirizano panthawi yamavuto monga pa 9/11.
Tawonanso Mbendera ya USA ngati kulira kwa anthu panthawi ya chikondwerero cha dziko lonse. Kufika kwa mwezi mu 1969 kunali chimodzi mwa zinthu zazikulu zomwe America idachita, ndipo chimodzi mwa zithunzi zodziwika bwino za chochitika chimenecho ndi cha Mbendera ya United States yomwe idayikidwa pamwamba pa miyala ya mwezi.

Masiku ano, Mbendera ya USA ikadali ndi mphamvu zake monga chizindikiro cha mgwirizano ndi ufulu. Nthawi yokha ndi yomwe idzatiuza zomwe zidzachitike mtsogolo mu mbiri ya Mbendera.

1776
DZIKO NDI CHIZINDIKIRO CHOBADWA
Pofika mu 1776, Ma Colonies khumi ndi atatu anali pankhondo yoopsa ya chaka chonse ndi Britain. Pamene Declaration of Independence inasainidwa mu Julayi chaka chimenecho, kukhazikitsidwa kwake kunasonyeza kubadwa kwa dziko lathu. Ma Colonies khumi ndi atatu, omwe tsopano ali ndi mawu amphamvu komanso kudzipereka, adagwiritsa ntchito mbendera ya USA ngati chizindikiro chatsopano. Ndi chizindikiro chomwe chikugwiritsidwabe ntchito mpaka lero - chizindikiro cha ufulu ndi chifuniro cha anthu chogonjetsa.

1812
CHIKWANGWANI CHA NYENYEZI CHA SPANGLED
Chaka cha 1812 chinali chaka chomwe Fort McHenry inaphulitsidwa ndi mabomba ndipo pamene inagwa, panatuluka buku lofunika kwambiri la ku America komanso chizindikiro cha kunyada. Loya wachinyamata dzina lake Francis Scott Key anali pa sitima yapafupi yomenyera nkhondo pamene anaona kuukira kwa McHenry. Ngakhale kuti panali kutaya mtima kwakukulu chifukwa cha kugonjetsedwa kumeneku, Francis Scott Key, ndi ambiri omwe anali naye, anapeza kuti mbendera ya ku America idakalipo. Anadabwa kwambiri ndi chizindikiro ichi cha chiyembekezo kotero kuti analemba Star Spangled Banner.

1918
KUSEWERA CHIKWANGWANI CHA STAR-SPANGGLED PANAPEREKA DZIKO LONSE
Ngakhale kuti Star-Spangled Banner inalembedwa zaka zoposa 100 World Series ya 1918 isanachitike, nthawi imeneyo inali nthawi yoyamba kuyimbidwa. Gulu lina linaimba Star-Spangled Banner pa inning yachisanu ndi chiwiri ya masewerawa. Khamu la anthu, litaimirira ndi manja awo ataphimba mitima yawo, linaimba mogwirizana. Ichi chinali chiyambi cha mwambo womwe ukugwiritsidwabe ntchito mpaka pano.

1945
Mbendera ya US Yakwezedwa pa Iwo Jima
Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse ndi nthawi yofunika kwambiri m'mbiri ya United States. Kukhetsa magazi kunasiya chizindikiro m'mitima ya anthu akudziko ndi akunja. Komabe, nkhondo isanathe mu 1945, anthu aku America adapatsidwa chithunzi cha chiyembekezo ndi mphamvu. Kugwidwa kwa Iwo Jima ndi chimodzi mwa zochitika zodziwika bwino kwambiri mu nthawi ya Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse. Mbendera ziwiri zinakwezedwa ndikugwedezeka monyadira pamwamba pa Phiri la Suribachi. Pambuyo pake, mbenderayo inasinthidwa ndi mbendera yayikulu. Chithunzi chodziwika bwinochi chinali cholimbikitsa Chipilala cha Iwo Jima ku Washington.

1963
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 'NDILI NDI MALOTO OLANKHULA
Pa Ogasiti 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) monyadira anaima pa Lincoln Monument ndipo anapereka mawu otchuka akuti, “Ndili ndi Maloto.” Anthu opitilira 250,000 ochirikiza ufulu wa anthu anasonkhana pamodzi kuti amve MLK akupereka limodzi mwa mabuku amphamvu kwambiri m'mbiri ya America. Mawu ake anatsegula njira ya Civil Rights Movement ndipo analankhula za mtima wa anthu ovutika. Kumanja kwake, mbendera ya ku America inagwedezeka panja pamene chilakolako chake chinali kufalikira ku United States.

1969
KUTERA KWA MWEZI
Mbiri inalembedwa pa Julayi 20, 1969, pamene Buzz Aldrin, m'modzi mwa ogwira ntchito ku Apollo 11, anafika pa Mwezi ndikukweza mbendera ya ku America. Ntchito isanayambe, mbendera ya ku USA idagulidwa ku Sears ndipo idapakidwa ndi starch kuti mbenderayo iwoneke ngati ikuuluka molunjika. Kudzikuza kumeneku kwakhala nthawi yofunika komanso yosangalatsa m'mbiri.

1976
RICK LOWANI AKUGWIRA NTCHITO BWINO KWAMBIRI PA MOYO WAKE
Munali mu 1976 ndipo Los Angeles Dodgers ndi Chicago Cubs anali pakati pa masewera omaliza mu sewero loyambirira ku Dodger Stadium pomwe amuna awiri adathamangira kumunda. Wosewera wa Cubs Rick Monday adathamangira kwa amuna omwe anali kuyesa kutentha Mbendera ya America. Lolemba adasuntha mbendera kuchokera m'manja mwa amunawo ndikuyinyamula kupita nayo kuchitetezo. Pambuyo pake, atafunsidwa za kupulumutsa kwake molimba mtima, Monday adati zomwe adachita zinali udindo wolemekeza chizindikiro cha dziko lake ndi anthu omwe adamenyera nkhondo kuti likhale lomasuka.

1980
Chozizwitsa pa ayezi
Masewera a Olimpiki a M'nyengo Yozizira a 1980 anachitika panthawi ya Nkhondo Yozizira. Panthawiyi, gulu la hockey la Soviet Union linalamulira bwalo lamasewera ndi kupambana masewera atatu otsatizana a Olimpiki. Mphunzitsi waku America, Herb Brooks, adalumpha chikhulupiriro pamene adapanga gulu la osewera osasewera ndipo adawayika pa ayezi. Gulu la US lidagonjetsa Soviet Union, 4-3. Kupambana kumeneku kunatchedwa Chozizwitsa pa Ice. Pamene amunawo ankakondwerera kupambana kwawo, mbendera ya ku America inagwedezeka monyadira kuzungulira bwalo lamasewera ndipo inatikumbutsa kuti chilichonse n'chotheka.

2001
KUKWEZA Mbendera pa Zero
Pa 11 September, 2001, kunali nthawi yachisoni chachikulu ku United States. Malo Ochitira Zamalonda Padziko Lonse anagwa pambuyo pa chiwembu cha zigawenga ndipo ndege zina ziwiri zinagwa — imodzi ku Pentagon ndi inayo kumunda ku Pennsylvania. Chilondachi m'dziko lathu chinasiya dzikolo lili pachisoni ndi chisoni. Patangopita maola ochepa kuchokera pamene malo achiwiri a World Trade Center anagwa, mbendera yomwe inapezeka m'zinyalala inakwezedwa pa Ground Zero ndi ozimitsa moto atatu. Chochitikachi chinajambulidwa ndi Thomas Franklin ndipo chikadali chimodzi mwa zithunzi zodziwika bwino m'mbiri ya America.

Panopa
CHIZINDIKIRO CHOSATHA CHA UFULU
Mbendera ya USA si chinthu chokha chomwe chimatigwirizanitsa nayo, koma ndi chizindikiro cha kupambana kwakukulu kwa dziko lathu komanso mavuto amdima kwambiri. Pakati pa ulusi uliwonse wa wofiira, woyera ndi wabuluu pali magazi, thukuta ndi misozi zomwe zinapangitsa kuti United States ikhale dziko lalikulu.