mandypuss
New Member
Today, the 25th of April, my country celebrates ANZAC Day. It is a day when we honour the thousands of our fellow countrymen who have died in war. We do not celebrate war nor do we condone it., but we do recognise the ultimate sacrifice of those who gave their lives in the Boer war, world wars 1 & 2,the Korean war & Vietnam.
Also in Turkey there will be ceremonies to honour their dead and ours at Gallipoli where we fought & killed thousands of each other. Today we have no greater respect for anyone more than we do for the Turks. They have special cemetaries for the Aussies who never came home and they have tended them for over 80 years.
We Aussies always get emotional on this day. As a young country(less than 250 years old) we consider this day of rememberence as our coming of age.
I share this with all of you from all over the world in the hope that we see war for what it really is; barbaric & insane & when war is the question, peace can be the only answer.
luv & peace
Mandy
Also in Turkey there will be ceremonies to honour their dead and ours at Gallipoli where we fought & killed thousands of each other. Today we have no greater respect for anyone more than we do for the Turks. They have special cemetaries for the Aussies who never came home and they have tended them for over 80 years.
We Aussies always get emotional on this day. As a young country(less than 250 years old) we consider this day of rememberence as our coming of age.
I share this with all of you from all over the world in the hope that we see war for what it really is; barbaric & insane & when war is the question, peace can be the only answer.
luv & peace
Mandy