FROM a military failure to honouring strength and courage during times of war, the celebration and remembrance of the Anzacs is a deserved one. From modest beginnings in 1916, Anzac Day has now grown to become Australia's most commemorated day.
It wasn’t until the 1920s that Anzac Day came to symbolise a day of commemoration and not until 1927 that all states of Australia had a public holiday. When I was a child, Anzac Day was commemorated at my primary school. I really can’t remember much except that my class created poppies with paper tissues to honour soldiers that fought in past wars. At that time, the only thing I knew about war was from old Sunday afternoon movies like The Dam Busters and Sands of Iwo Jima, which showed nothing about
It wasn’t until the 1920s that Anzac Day came to symbolise a day of commemoration and not until 1927 that all states of Australia had a public holiday. When I was a child, Anzac Day was commemorated at my primary school. I really can’t remember much except that my class created poppies with paper tissues to honour soldiers that fought in past wars. At that time, the only thing I knew about war was from old Sunday afternoon movies like The Dam Busters and Sands of Iwo Jima, which showed nothing about