[naturalman1975]

For those who may be unfamiliar with Australian culture and the terms used in this article, ANZAC Day is the most sacred day in Australia'a national calendar. It is the day we commemorate our war dead and acknowledge the service of those Australians who have defended our country. It is marked by ceremonies all over the country in almost every city and town, often at dawn - Dawn services.

The term ANZAC in an acronym standing for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, which was the first major unit of Australian (and New Zealand) soldiers to go to war on behalf of their independent nations on the 25th April 1915. Australian troops had been in battle in previous wars, but we had still been a collection of British colonies at that time, not a separate country and while some Australian troops had been involved in small scale actions earlier in the First World War, that first ANZAC Day is generally considered the day the nation was baptised in blood, and started to truly come of age. It's important.

[oldvirginian]

The Gallipoli campaign, the beginning of the Australian and New Zealand national identities I hear.

Who can forget the Rats of Tobruk?

The first time NAZI armor was stopped was at Tobruk by those crazy Australians.
Keeping the port of Tobruk extended the German supply line by 900 miles.
One of those what if moments in history.

[Tennessee Nana]

April 25, 1915...Gallipoli...

My mother lost 3 uncles there...

[Berlin_Freeper]

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[InABunkerUnderSF]

Sounds like something the Mayor of New York or San Francisco would do. Could the Lord Mayor be suffering from a case of America envy or is it just that leftist the world over are the same?