Tomorrow is ANZAC Day, which is still a total public holiday here, so everything is shut down. It's similar to Remembrance Day. It's commerated on the 25th of April, because that's the day 
of the first major miltary involvement that the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps had in World War I. It was originally put together to recognize the troops lost on April 25th when the corps landed at the Gallopoli peninsula in Turkey, in an attempt to hinder Turkey's efforts in the war and stop the Ottoman Empire that was a German ally. It didn't turn out very well, and the forces met much more resistance than they expected, apparently with over 7500 casualties in the one battle. Since the day was first marked as a holiday to commerate this first battle, it has become a day a remember the all of the people who were involved in World Wars I and II.
The Western Australia War Memorial in King's Park, Perth (left) and the Australian War Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney (right).
ANZAC Day ceremonies are traditionally held at dawn. It isn't 100% clear where the tradition came from, but it seems that the one of the first military chaplains began the tradition to honour the first soldiers that left Australia at dawn by holding a remembrance ceremony at dawn on ANZAC Day each year.
So tomorrow, in Australia, we remember...
of the first major miltary involvement that the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps had in World War I. It was originally put together to recognize the troops lost on April 25th when the corps landed at the Gallopoli peninsula in Turkey, in an attempt to hinder Turkey's efforts in the war and stop the Ottoman Empire that was a German ally. It didn't turn out very well, and the forces met much more resistance than they expected, apparently with over 7500 casualties in the one battle. Since the day was first marked as a holiday to commerate this first battle, it has become a day a remember the all of the people who were involved in World Wars I and II.The Western Australia War Memorial in King's Park, Perth (left) and the Australian War Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney (right).
ANZAC Day ceremonies are traditionally held at dawn. It isn't 100% clear where the tradition came from, but it seems that the one of the first military chaplains began the tradition to honour the first soldiers that left Australia at dawn by holding a remembrance ceremony at dawn on ANZAC Day each year.
So tomorrow, in Australia, we remember...
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