This year’s ANZAC Day will be a solemn one indeed. Normally there are parades and ceremonies, but this year is one for introspection.
I’ll tip back a pint this evening in memory of all the ANZAC troops, from World War One’s Battle of Gallipoli to the battle fought today. I’ll think of friends in both the Australian and New Zealand militaries and good times deployed to bad places.
Lest We Forget.
Thanks for the post SSD, it’s great there is so much better public recognition these days.
When I was a youngster I was in NZ Cadets and we alone would parade for the veterans (a few from WW1/Gallipoli), at the Auckland War Museum. And that was it
Richard
Well said.
The photo above is the war memorial in Perth, my home city.
Anzac day was marked in solemn, individual ceremonies in our driveways, closer to the early remembrances of the day.
No room for nationalism, just thoughts of sacrifice and mateship; heroes all.
Lest we forget.
Rob B