not so much a celebration as a day of happy commemoration.
Ludwig,
That has a more cultural ring to it & appropriate. Perhaps some re-enactment could be an eye-opening reminder for those whose imagination fails to portray a picture of the horror that is war instead of the show-like presentation on TV.

ANZAC Day is a day of showing respect and rememberance of the sacrifices our service made for us inthe various conflicts they were engaged in. This is why it begins with a dawn service that reminds us of the dawn landing at Galipoli. Other services at held throughout the morning.

later it is also a day of reunion where old mates and aquaintances can meet up and yarn. This is especially so for exservice personel who take the opportunity to catch up with those they served with. The young do learn from this and see the history and comrardary of the service personel. I do not think the fallen would want us to remember in any other way.

This has always been so in my lifetime and is just as relevant today as it has always been. However I see the numbers of exservice personel deminishing and that makes me glad that there is less numbers of our young having to engage in conflicts. The highest numbers, of course, were in WW1 and WW2.

It is a very important part of our tradition and culture to pay respect to our service personel. Also to celebrate the freedoms they achieved from which we benefit. One does not have to look far beyond our shore toappreciate how fortunate we are today.

Long may the Anzac tradition continue.

let A=ozzz
let NZ=new zealand

i know what a zac is
i heard of anzus....being dead
so i googled it

http://www.google.com/search?q=anzus+dead?

googled anzac dead
and found a site..on the last anzac
and it auto disconected
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://anzac.homestead.com/campbell.html&sa=U&ei=G0J2T5TJF6uRiQeD0uHZDg&ved=0CBoQFjAB&sig2=6JkAomARfz3LJwC94eo7fw&usg=AFQjCNEHt7C2b9eWyVkdodXhLahhE5405w

i feel most dont got a clue...[but howard used it cleverly]

no doudt juliar will find ways to keep up the lie
but war is over..[it was never worth dying over]
but heck a day off is a day off

but timming is everything
lets talk of the insanity..that got thousands of aussies and kiwis murderd..for a folly*

rest in peace
if this kills the idolitry of war
your youthfull deaths..may not have been in vain

get educated..not hype-notised
what are we remembering...?..[the glitz..not the gore]

how big..is this zac day..through-out the world?
[citation needed]

from wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign

The main landings were made..at V Beach,and at W Beach,

At Cape Helles V Beach..the troops could disembark
directly via ramps..to the shore.

The Royal Dublin Fusiliers
would land at V Beach..from open boats.

At W Beach..the Lancashire/Fusiliers..also landed*in open boats .

On both beaches..the Ottoman/defenders..*were in a position to inflict appalling..*casualties..on the landing infantry.!

The troops
emerging..one by one..from the sally ports..
on the River Clyde..*presented perfect targets..*to the machine guns in the..Seddülbahir fort.

ASSININE ASINATION!

Out of the first 200 soldiers to disembark,
only 21 men made it onto the beach.[26]

As at Anzac,..the Ottoman defenders were too few
to force the British off the beach;..

*however,*they furiously defended..
*every inch of...*their*..soil.

On the morning of 25 April 1915.. out of ammunition and left with nothing but bayonets..to meet the attackers on the slopes..leading up from the beach..to the heights of Chunuk Bair,

the commander of the 19th Division,Lieutenant-Colonel Mustafa Kemal, issued his most famous order..*to the 57th Infantry Regiment:[27]

I do not order you..to fight,!
I order you..*to die.!

'"In the time which passes..until we die,
other troops and commanders..can come forward and take our places.""

Every man of the Ottoman 57th Infantry Regiment
was either killed in action..or wounded..
and,

as a sign of respect..
there is no 57th Regiment..in the modern Turkish army.[28]


.At W Beach,..thereafter known as Lancashire Landing,..the Lancashires were able to overwhelm..*the defences*>>!

despite their dreadful losses
600 killed or wounded,..out of a total strength of 1,000.

The battalions which landed at V Beach
suffered about 70% casualties.

The Ottoman platoon..beat back several determined attacks
on their*..hilltop position,..the defiant defender*s..eventually disengaging..COLLUDED alied [all lied]..INVASION>>under cover of darkness.

After the landings,so few remained/from the Dublin Fusiliers and Munster Fusiliers..that they were amalgamated into one unit, "The Dubsters"."""

WHAT NEVER HEARD OF EM?

Only one Dubliner officer survived the landing;
overall,of the 1,012 Dubliners who landed,"""

do they

march "anzac day"..to this day
in the other allies lands?

did they ever?

only 11..would survive
the entire Gallipoli campaign..unscathed...

OUG,
I usually do not read or respond to your posts which I find are difficult to follow. However on this occassion you said."but war is over..[it was never worth dying over]
but heck a day off is a day off"

Is that all you see in Anzac day, a day off?

Would you rather have had us surrender to the agressors so that we became enslaved to them?

Me, I am glad that our forebears thought our freedom worth dying for.

look at your words choice banjo

""Would you rather have had us surrender
to the agressors*....lol...so that we became!...enslaved to them?

have you read the link?
we agggressed/trangressed AGAINST THEM

thus we became 'enslaved' to them

dont do the crime
if ya cant do the time

but heck
the wurds your using
mate..it just aint so

is that...[quoted]
all you learned from all them early morings...[with ya mates]

its not a coin toss
its about govt sending kids to be murded
then drunken yobbo's waving flags..while racists plan their next assult on arabs...[ottomans]

anzac day is a faulse flag/red flag
black flag..[not a black swan event

if we could/not then face the truth
...why not now?

cause pr and spin
has dun its thing