Friday, April 25, 2008 Anzac Day Here I sit 5am knowing we have made the right choice this year not to attend the dawn parade - but still I feel we should of attended. There is an amazing feeling of community & pride of our country attending with others. New Zealand is changing - many kiwis are leaving for overseas - and we are getting a lot of emigrates here so I feel even more ANZAC Day is a special day in our history & tradition. For those of you outside of Australia and New Zealand, ANZAC day ( Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) commemorates the day, when on 25th April 1915, Allied soldiers landed on the shores of Gallipoli. They were fighting the Turks, on Turkish territory in the hopes they could overcome them and open the Dardenelles Strait to allied fleets.  The campaign ended in total disaster where almost a third of the New Zealand troops were killed.  Among the dead were New Zealand fatalities 2,721,  almost one in four that served in Gallipoli. New Zealand wounded 4,852, Australian fatalities 8,709. Sadly the landing of the ANZACs had no significant influence on the outcome of the war. The campaign lasted 260 days. 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 • Post A Comment! • Send to a Friend! Comments Friday, April 25, 2008 - Untitled Comment Posted by seventhheaven We need this kind of patriotic spirit over here. To remember how we got the freedoms we have. Im afraid as a whole I dont see it much. • Permanent Link