What is Anzac Day? Good question! Well, Anzac day is a time when we remember and be thankful for the NZ and Australian soldiers who fought for our freedom in the two World Wars first and foremost but any war and peacekeeping mission thereafter. We remember not only soldiers by the way, animals too!
We celebrate Anzac day every year as solemnly as we are at a funeral. We remember these lives (people and animals) on the 25th of April. This year we remember that many soldiers landed, fought and died in Gallipoli, Turkey in 1915 so it was 100 years ago. But we shouldn't only remember the people that died in the wars, but also the people that survived and got wounded and still had to live with traumatisation.
It is very important to respect our freedom and to appreciate those who went to war and never came back or did come back in pain. We also need to remember to learn from the past by making sure we don't create major wars like this and cause new grief for those families who have sacrificed themselves.
Anzac stands for Australia NZ Army Corps so you can probably guess that only NZ and Australia celebrate Anzac Day! In other countries they have different days to remember their soldiers and to be thankful for their freedom. In the Netherlands for example, we remember and are sad for those who gave their lives for us on the 4th of May, on the 5th of May however, we are happy and celebrate our freedom. Anzac day is a National holiday. We go to dawn services to pray and talk about all the wars.
We also eat special crunchy Anzac biscuits as sweet as a toffee lolly. When we are in the dawn services we also learn about everything that happened in 1914-1915. We wear poppies to show our support of the soldiers because lots of people fell in the poppy fields in Flanders, Belgium.
Personally, I feel sad about Anzac Day because all these people's lives have been cut short and we have lost more of us people in the world.
How do you feel about Anzac Day?
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