I see a lot of effort and time to promote Valentines Day, Halloween and Guy Fawkes. Makes me wonder where is the patriotic loyalty to decorate your shops, towns, workplaces, schools to promote and support ANZAC Day?? Isn’t a day to celebrate our soldiers’ who stood up against evil to protect and honour our country more important??? Children often are taught of traditional symbols, such as a fluffy bunny for Easter, a fat guy in a red suit named Santa for Christmas, a cupid for Valentines, a carved pumpkin for Halloween. I believe learning the significant history of a poppy for ANZAC Day is being lost in this generation. We must educate future generations and give them this sense of pride as well as paying respect ourselves’.
April 25th was
named ANZAC Day in 1916 to commemorate the landing of New Zealand and
Australian troops in Gallipoli one year
earlier. Since 1920 this day has served
as a national public day for New
Zealand to honour ALL men and women who laid
their lives down - either whom were lucky enough to return home after their
honourable duty or those whom paid the ultimate price while
serving our country.
We lost 2721 lives in World
War 1 and 11,928 in WW2. We have since
lost other soldiers while doing there part in rebuilding lives and creating
stability in countries needing help.
These soldiers did not go to war-torn lands
for fame and fortune nor did they go for the glory of being ambushed and shot
at. Instead they went to war-torn lands
to rebuild lives and give protection and hope to the innocent babies, children,
men and woman who had their homes, workplaces, schools and futures threatened
and destroyed by evil. They fought to
keep the threat of foreign invasion off
our shores.
SOLDIER ON & HELP SAVE THE DAY… It deeply upsets me to see ANZAC Day being forgotten
so please help change that and acknowledge April 25th. Most towns have parade ceremonies [which are public & free]. The RSA
sell official poppy badges [gold coin
donation .]
Make your own traditions too - wear red, hang red balloons, light a candle for our departed heroes… celebrate ANZAC Day.
By law shops are not supposed to open till midday but to be honest I think some shop-owners are to greedy and disrespectful to acknowledge this. - Don't buy from them ... I saw a local bakery open once and went in and told them off!
Make your own traditions too - wear red, hang red balloons, light a candle for our departed heroes… celebrate ANZAC Day.
By law shops are not supposed to open till midday but to be honest I think some shop-owners are to greedy and disrespectful to acknowledge this. - Don't buy from them ... I saw a local bakery open once and went in and told them off!
Sometimes dreams crash but you can salvage and recreate that ambition - like my dream of becoming a
soldier. I couldn't serve in the army BUT I can still fight for good ... so in a sense I am a soldier ... REMEMBER; FRIDAY APRIL 25 ... Lest We Forget xoxo
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