ANZAC Day
It is ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand, which is similar to the American Veterans Day, in that it began as a remembrance of World War I, and has become more generalized over the years.
“Anzac Day commemorates the involvement of Australian and New Zealand troops in a World War I campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey.”
The Gallipoli Campaign began as a Winston Churchill [then First Lord of the Admiralty] plan that spun out of control and got a lot of people killed on both sides with nothing much changing, but then, that was quite common in World War I.
Peter Weir made a movie, Gallipoli, which, if nothing else, proves that Sergeant Alvin York, and T.E. Lawrence weren’t the only people who fought in World War I.
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Glad you said that it’s become more general now. It’s more of a remembrance day for all the fallen and a reminder of what war’s do. “Collateral Damage” doesn’t just happen on the battle field, and can continue to happen for years after! Too bad that too many don’t understand that, or just prefer to ignore it.
I attend every year and remember my fallen friends and those of my Grandfather (who served in WW1 & 2), and the Uncles I never got to know who were lost in WW2.
It’s a time to reflect for me, and to once more try to believe that it was all worth the price.
Thanks Bryan.
No thanks necessary. We have both been there and done it, so we remember. It’s not something you can forget, now matter how hard you may try, and you owe a debt to those who didn’t make it, that they not be forgotten.