Anzac Day question?

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holly

Anzac Day is celebrated on the anniversary of the day Australian and New Zealand soldiers returned home from war and is to remember those that lost their lives on the battlefields. it is not a glorification of war as Amy stated.

AMY if it weren't for the Anzacs us Australians including you would all be speaking Japanese right now. Have a little respect.

cc_of_0z

ANZAC day commemorates the sacrifices of Australia and New Zealand's military service folk. It particularly references the failed Gallipolli campaign and other theatres of World War I (the Great War). In more recent years it has come to be a major recognition of veterans and service people in all the wars and military actions since then (including WW2, Vietnam and Peace keeping missions). It is however more than just our veterans day. Australia lost more than a third of of its youth in the Great War, and even more of its innocence being such a young country then. The things Australians value such as mateship, our sense of humour (especially the concept of Larrikinism), sticking up for the underdog, battling on under trying times are all credited to the Diggers who sacrificed so much so early in Australia's history as a nation.

ANZAC day remembers the sacrifices they made in order that we could have the freedoms that we readily take for granted today.

The red poppies used to sprout up where ever soldiers had been freshly buried on the battlefields. After the war people would see poppies literally everywhere. Ever since this has been the symbol used to remember the WWI veterans.

As most of the Diggers have passed on, more and more Australians (especially the youth) have taken on the responsibility of remembering those who came before. The descendants of those now no longer there now stand in their place (wearing their medals on the opposite lapel) to ensure that future generations never forget.

Lets hope we never forget.

Alana Lama -Go Eagles-

I feel very strongly about ANZAC day, it is a day where you should feel strong aussie spirit and pride.

You should use it to thank the memories of the soldiers who have fought and/or died to ensure a safe future for our country.and recent soldiers, such as veitnam vets, iraq war soldiers who have killed for our country.

Anzac stands for australian and new zeland army corps.

If you dont feel passionate about anzac day maybe you should research what ww1 and ww2 soldiers went though and be thankful to them. They were very brave people.

Elizabeth

As an Australian, it saddens me to see some of the answers that are well intentioned but sadly with incorrect information. We owe it to our ancestors to at least get the basic facts correct.

ANZAC is the acronym for Australia and New Zealand Army Corps.
ANZAC Day, the 25 April, is the day Australians and New Zealanders remember the original landing on Gallipoli in 1915.
Rather than glorify war, it's a day to remember the sacrifices made by both the members of the defence force and those left at home, in all wars.
To me, the day makes me think of all the men and women who have lived and died, working and fighting to make and keep Australia the safe haven it is today.
In my humble opinion, the Dawn Service is well worth getting out of bed for.
At least once in your lifetime.

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.
Lest we forget.

Red poppies
The Flanders poppy has been a part of Armistice or Remembrance Day ritual since the early 1920s and is also increasingly being used as part of ANZAC Day observances. During the First World War, red poppies were seen to be among the first living plants that sprouted from the devastation of the battlefields of northern France and Belgium. Soldiers' folklore had it that the poppies were vivid red from having been nurtured in ground drenched with the blood of their comrades. The sight of the poppies on the battlefield at Ypres in 1915 moved Canadian Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae to write the poem "In Flanders Fields".

In Flanders fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

John McCrae (1872â€“1918)
(The writer was wounded in May 1918 and died three days later.)

For anyone who thinks ANZAC Day is commerated to glorify war you are completely missing the point of it all.
Speak with any returned sevice man or woman and you will soon realise there is no glory in war.
Giving thanks for our hard won present day freedom is what we, as a nation, are involved in on ANZAC Day.

semi_conscious666

1st mertinj your a dick head!!!!
2nd Anzac day means a lot to the genral Australian public, as most of us had family or friends that fought for our freedom, the freedom we have today!
ANZAC means:
Australian New Zealand Army Corps
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANZAC_Day
least we forget

CA 89 SS

Poppies were the only bushes to hide behind when they were fighting.. and they arent big at all!

It is a proud proud day where we all honour our brave soldiers!

I love ANZAC day.. Its a very patriotic day :)

wotzthepoint?

LEST WE FORGET

I just wanted to say to Metin J - Ataturk was a bigger man than you son and as for the "power' of the turk today, the only ones who would be getting their butts handed to them would be you and your kin kebab boy. its not like turks have done anything worthwhile since then, you lot barely manage to maintain our war dead graves let alone run a country that has since gone to the dogs after the death of Ataturk.

As for Amy, you miss the point of ANZAC Day completely and stop saying you're australian, we know that no true Australian would be so ignorant of ANZAC Day and why it is commemorated.

backo5252

mentjin.........you are a busted **** wog ....probably an illegal immigrant to boot ..... go back to your own syphillus infected rathole of a country you unpatriotic spastic

amy

hmm.
I'm Australian, but I don't really get that worked up about ANZAC day... it's sad, and I guess it's good to respect the soldiers who fought for the country and all.... but people often make it too much into a glorifcation of war for my liking.

I think it can be a good thing, when it's made clear that its purpose is to honour the people who made a contribution to the welfare of the country.. and not too much about 'dulce et decorum est...' (it is sweet and honorable to die for one's country)...

the poppies were to do with the poppies in the fields in France where the fighting was, wasn' t it? and they were red, like the blood spilled?
I'm pretty sure you can't hide behind a poppy..

metin.johnson

im turkish and all i can say that if any more aussies try to invade our country there will get there asses handed back to them...AGAIN.

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