Meatloaf, I like you ;-)
My family will be proudly attending the parade this year, wearing the medals of my great-grandfather who was an anzac (he lied about his age and enlisted at *we think* the age of 15), and of my other great-grandfather who was in the airforce. I think its more important this year than ever to show that we are proud of our veterans - ALL OF THEM.
Heather, here's the best summary I could find:
ANZAC Day
ANZAC stands for Australia and new zealand army corps ... basically england sent 20k of our guys on a suicide mission because of their poor judgement ...
I just got sidetracked reading a bunch of links looking for the best summary ... on the page i posted above is this poem, which I am ashamed to say I haven't recited since school, although I still remember the words by heart.
For the Fallen
by Laurence Binyon
They shall grow not old,
As we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them,
Nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun,
And in the morning,
We will remember them.
and then starts the eery sound of trumpets in the last post ...
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