总统日

一名男性在美国国会大厦前把手放置在一本书上的插画 (State Dept./D. Thompson)

为什么这35个字对每个美国人都很重要

2月20日是总统日。 请看为什么每位美国总统在任期开始前都必须宣誓就职。
LEFT: Ronald Reagan, known as Dutch Reagan, is shown as he appeared in a 1932-33 promotion when he worked as a sportscaster for WHO radio in Des Moines, Iowa.  Photo is a copy of a postcard which was sent to people who wrote to Reagan at WHO.  Reagan, who does not smoke, is pictured with pipe and dog, Peggy, in this advertisement for Kentucky Winner cigarettes and Kentucky Club pipe tobacco.  CENTER: Jimmy Carter on his peanut farm, Plains, Georgia, 1976. RIGHT: 08/1936 - Gerald R. Ford, Jr., at Yellowstone National Park - standing in front of park office; wearing National Park ranger uniform, holding hat at side in left hand (Left to Right: © AP Images, © PhotoQuest/Getty Images, Courtesy of the  Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library)

美国总统从事过的职业多种多样

很多美国总统在就任总统前都当过民选官员,当并非人人如此。有些人从事过不寻常的工作,并从中受益匪浅。
Man holding painting in storage room with packed shelves (Allan Goodrich/JFK Library)

总统图书馆让人近距离认识美国前国家领导人

历史常给总统蒙上神秘的面纱,但是美国总统图书馆帮助大家更好地认识这些过去的国家领导人和他们叱诧风云的年代。
Four heads carved into mountainside (© AP Images)

缅怀美国历届总统的历史功绩

每年2月的第三个星期一是美国的总统纪念日(President's Day),缅怀历届总统的历史功绩。
白宫彩色图绘(Shutterstock)

检验你的美国总统知识[小测验]

美国人在每年2月庆祝总统日。欢迎参加这个小知识测验,看看你对美国总统有多少了解,并分享你的测验结果!