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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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Robin Capper 04.25.06 at 6:21 pm
The New Zealand Govt have a similar site:
http://www.anzac.govt.nz/
Lee 04.25.06 at 8:50 pm
Thanks for the update, Robin!
Donna Tocci 04.26.06 at 12:15 am
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.
Lee 04.26.06 at 6:36 am
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.
Allan Jenkins 04.27.06 at 12:24 am
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.
Lee 04.27.06 at 12:54 am
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…
Robin Capper 04.30.06 at 10:23 pm
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