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oday is Anzac Day.
For many Australians and New Zealanders this is a day of quiet, a day of reflection, a day of counting our blessings, a day of giving thanks to those who fell in foreign countries defending our countries’ values and beliefs.
And saying a silent prayer to those who fell at the whims and follys of others’ crass decisions.
For more information about Anzac Day visit this comprehensive site, as well as a great site put together by the Australian Government.
Anzac Day gives us a chance to commemorate not only the Anzacs at Gallipoli, but all soldiers who fought, were wounded or who fell in combat — WWII, Vietnam, the Gulf, Iraq, East Timor, the Solomons, peace-keeping missions everywhere…
For your sacrifice, thank you.
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The New Zealand Govt have a similar site:
http://www.anzac.govt.nz/
Thanks for the update, Robin!
Thanks for the description, Lee. Saw that on my calendar and didn’t know what it was.
“Thank you”, indeed, to all that you mentioned.
You’re welcome. And yes, a huge ‘thank you’ to all that have risked or given their lives for a population that is largely ungrateful.
Great holiday. I was always impressed driving around Victoria and seeing so many towns with memorial avenues on the way in and out.
But… I hope you dont blame Winnie for Gallipoli.
Ahhh… now there’s the problem, see.
I loved Winnie in dubya dubya too, but he was a bit of an ass in dubya one and got a lot of good men killed who didn’t have to be…
No bigger fan of him in dubya too than me, but dubya one…
On the subject of the impact of WW1. I took this photo on a cycle trip in the far South of South Island NZ as it struck me how those events on the other side of the world changed even remote communities. From a tiny rural population 30 men went to war and only 24 returned…
see: http://rcd.typepad.com/personal/2005/04/anzac_day.html
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