美國人迎來陣亡將士紀念日

The U.S. celebrates MeMorial Day Monday.

Unofficially, the day has come to mark the beginning of summer for many Americans.

Officially, Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May, has been set aside to honor all who died during military service throughout U.S. history. Congress declared Memorial Day a national federal holiday in 1971.

Observances around the country and Washington are planned for the day.

In Washington, President Donald Trump will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

Rolling Thunder holds wreath-laying events at the World War Two Memorial and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Rolling Thunder participants ride on motorcycles to bring attention to the lingering situation of prisoners of war and military service people who are missing in action.

The Veterans for Peace organization is holding several events in Washington to oppose what it says is "President Trump's outrageous budget proposal, including a $54 billion increase for the Pentagon."

Memorial Day began in 1865, just after the end of the Civil War, when a group of former slaves held what is seen as the first commemoration of the nation's war dead.美國人星期一迎來了陣亡將士紀念日。

非正式地說，對於很多美國人，這一天標誌着夏季的開始。

陣亡將士紀念日正式被確定在5月最後一個星期一，是爲了紀念美國曆史上所有在從軍期間喪生的將士。美國國會1971年宣佈陣亡將士紀念日爲聯邦假日。

全國各地以及首都華盛頓的紀念活動已經就緒。

在華盛頓，川普總統將在阿靈頓國家公墓無名戰士墓參加敬獻花圈儀式。

“滾雷”摩托車隊將在二戰紀念碑和越戰紀念碑舉行獻花圈活動。“滾雷”車隊的參與者騎着摩托車，吸引人們對戰俘和戰爭中失蹤軍人等遺留問題的關注。

“老兵爲和平”組織將在華盛頓舉行數場活動，反對該組織所說的“川普總統駭人聽聞的預算計劃，其中包括爲五角大樓增加540億美元軍費”。

陣亡將士紀念日始於美國內戰結束後的1865年。當時一些前奴隸爲美國的戰爭陣亡者舉行了被視爲首次的陣亡將士紀念活動。