A Special Day

[Al Burdon]

Today in Australia and New Zealand we commemorate ANZAC day.

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.

 

[Idaho Red Rocket 3]

Please tell us what ANZAC Day is about.

 

[scot in exile]

Stand Proud

They went with songs to the battle, they were young.
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.

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.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.

Poem was wrote during the Great War, the second verse has been adopted by the military worldwide.

 

[Al Burdon]

Please tell us what ANZAC Day is about.

Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served".

 

[Nat67]

Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served".

We Brits owe them all a great debt of gratitude !

 

[1olbull]

As brave as any warriors have been . . .

 

[Steel]

May they never be forgotten.

 

[TriumPhil]

Bless 'em all, Al!

 

[albertaduke]

As brave as any warriors have been . . .

true yet all the young men from england france australia new zeland and a few more countries sent out to the front and cut down by the thousands ...
just for a reminderI can think of Galipoli, the battle of the "chemin des dames" 1914- 1918 ,where 138 000 of them died during that week of assaults a slaughter of unimaginable proportion or ypres where mustard gaz was used for the first time
I cry for those young men when I read their journey and despise the high commands who sent them on these barbaric assaults.

 

[1olbull]

true yet all the young men from england france australia new zeland and a few more countries sent out to the front and cut down by the thousands ...
just for a reminderI can think of Galipoli, the battle of the "chemin des dames" 1914- 1918 ,where 138 000 of them died during that week of assaults a slaughter of unimaginable proportion or ypres where mustard gaz was used for the first time
I cry for those young men when I read their journey and despise the high commands who sent them on these barbaric assaults.

Tis the generals who should do battle before the warriors!