Anzac Day Celebrations
That's not too much to ask, in remembrance of the 102,760 Australians who have lost their lives defending this nation and the millions who have suffered.
This is a request for suggestions and a cry to preserve the Anzac Day custom as a vital component of the moral and social fabric that is under assault in our nation.
since it is occurring once more.
Anzac Day is starting to follow the same pattern as Australia Day, which causes us to argue endlessly every year.
The 25,000 Australian and New Zealand forces started what was to be a horrific battle filled with death, misery, dread, futility, and military errors 110 years ago this coming year.
The next year marks the 110th anniversary of the first Anzac Day march through London, which was led by Australian and New Zealand troops.
Either date offers the chance to reinterpret Anzac Day, to enhance and grow it to withstand leftist attacks and embrace a symbol that, in my opinion, the Australian people need and want.
The diggers are, to put it bluntly, dying.
There is less marching.
There are no living World War I veterans.
Less than 8,000 date back to World War II.
That leaves Afghanistan (26,000), Iraq (2000), Korea (1650 still alive), Vietnam (35,000), and assorted "police" operations.
It's time to have a conversation with those who still believe in the tradition, to hear their opinions, and to plan for the future.
They have fulfilled their duty. We ought to start by listening to them because we owe them a lot.
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We must pay attention to their first-hand reports of what they have witnessed and experienced, as well as to their explanations of how and why April 25 will always be such a significant day in our national calendar.
The Labour government organised an excellent series of events known as "Australia Remembers" in 1995.
One of the greatest suggestions for commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Second World War's conclusion was to have hundreds of veterans eat lunch next to students so that the latter could ask questions,
Governments appear to be without direction.
Walking a portion of Kokoda seems more like a picture opportunity than a pilgrimage for the prime minister.
On Anzac Day, the government of Victoria brags about providing free transport for veterans.
However, they'll have to pay again by Friday.
Can't we afford to provide veterans free transit all year round?
Alternatively, consider improving the way our military history is taught in secondary schools.
The children are too intelligent for you to sugarcoat things.
Using first-hand recollections from modern military historians as well as astute analysis and reporting from luminaries such as the late Les Carlyon and his seminal history of Gallipoli, explain history.
This is not dry information meant to dull kids.
Written by a man who wrote like an angel, it reads like a novel.
It depicts the scared expressions and describes the unbelievable bravery and suffering of both sides.
It exposes the futility of wear in 543 pages.
Other concepts?
The RSL is still unhappy about it, but as a nation, we must now acknowledge that the Anzac marches will be tiny, even when the relatives of the deceased veterans march.
Should we let everyone who wishes to express gratitude to join the march?
It occurs in rural communities, but regrettably, in urban areas, it might be vulnerable to obnoxious governmental meddling.
This year, the risks are already present.
On Anzac Day, a pro-Palestinian organisation is hosting a "picnic" in the middle of Melbourne.
It will be quite tempting for some fools in that crowd to try to stop the march in order to get attention.
If they do, it should be considered sacrilege and dealt with accordingly.
I hope common reasons will win out.
Furthermore, an organisation known as "Teachers for Palestine" has sworn to resist the meaning of Anzac Day and is drawing attention to a 1918 massacre in Palestine that claimed the lives of Australian and New Zealand soldiers.
"Schools are deliberate targets for government-funded mystification about Australia's role in wars," the teachers intend to convey to the students.
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"These efforts crowd out the realities of war and the consequences of Australia's role in imperialism."
Unusual vocabulary.
Japan was a powerful, imperial nation.
Mass murder was the terrible concept that Nazi Germany adhered to.
Was it wrong for Australia to oppose them?
There is strong evidence that the Australian public understands and supports Anzac Day, in contrast to academics and left-leaning lobbyists.
That's evident from the large attendance for morning services in both major cities and small rural towns across the country.
In Melbourne last year, there were forty thousand.
Sideshows and video highlights are absent.
These are poignant, serious, and significant services.
This is where one can start to reconsider.
From here, the concepts can develop.
Instead of sugarcoating the morning service, let's celebrate its core.
Make the morning service the main event if there aren't enough people to march. Then, have a typical gunfire meal and a period of quiet reflection.
Before the game and the celebration, that's the vibe we have to seize and hold.
Please look at the photos in Les Carlyon's book; they depict the troubled eyes of some of the front-line Gallipoli men.
In their views, there is no celebration of warfare.
Every soldier's eyes, from any conflict, will sadly appear alike.
We are obliged to them. Now is the time to get up.
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