 | Remembrance Day/Veteran's Day/Memorial Day| OFF-Topic / Misc. Discuss Remembrance Day/Veteran's Day/Memorial Day in the Current forums; In Australia we have ANZAC Day (April 25th) which is a public holiday. The good thing about ANZAC day is ... |
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05-24-2006, 12:58 AM
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#16 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | In Australia we have ANZAC Day (April 25th) which is a public holiday. The good thing about ANZAC day is that most Australian's actually take the time out to remember and pay their respects to our fallen heroes. In every city and town no matter how small, a memorial service is held at dawn ( known as the dawn service) followed by a gunfire breakfast for the Vets and concluded with a march through the city or town. The major cities come to a complete standstill as roads are blocked off and thousands of people line the streets to appluad the Veterans as they march past.
Travelling to battlefields for ANZAC Day is quite popular to these days, with crowds of 10- 15 000 people considered normal for an ANZAC Day service at Gallipoli. Hellfire Pass and Kokoda are also popular choices. The great thing about these services held overseas is that most of the participents are young Australians (I'm talkings people in their 20's) which is fantastic I believe in keeping the memories of our fallen heroes alive.
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05-24-2006, 08:21 AM
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Country:  | I always go to the service by myself. The wife knows that this is my time to reflect and remember. She doesn't fully understand, as anyone who wasn't there when things go bad can't. But she knows that this is not the time to do anything but give me the space I need. It is a very personal thing for each vet and we all have our own things to sort through. You will never hear of a vet saying to another vet "Happy Veterans day".
But I will say to my fellow vets here, Thanks. It was a tough job to do and somehow we made it through. I will forever remember the faces of those fresh faced kids who went way to early. They were all heroes to me. We all faced paying the ultimate price for freedom, and sometimes surviving can be harder than dying. So, my fellow survivors, raise a glass and toast. Prost! ANd thanks for being there to help out wherever and whenever it was. It was a team effort and everyone did their part the best they could. So to Joe, Erich, Dan and all of the other vets here, thanks guys.
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05-24-2006, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by evangilder I always go to the service by myself. The wife knows that this is my time to reflect and remember. She doesn't fully understand, as anyone who wasn't there when things go bad can't. But she knows that this is not the time to do anything but give me the space I need. It is a very personal thing for each vet and we all have our own things to sort through. You will never hear of a vet saying to another vet "Happy Veterans day".
But I will say to my fellow vets here, Thanks. It was a tough job to do and somehow we made it through. I will forever remember the faces of those fresh faced kids who went way to early. They were all heroes to me. We all faced paying the ultimate price for freedom, and sometimes surviving can be harder than dying. So, my fellow survivors, raise a glass and toast. Prost! ANd thanks for being there to help out wherever and whenever it was. It was a team effort and everyone did their part the best they could. So to Joe, Erich, Dan and all of the other vets here, thanks guys. | No Eric,
Let me and all the other none Vets thank you and Joe, Erich, Dan and all the other Vets. We all owe you a huge thanks.
I Salute you all!
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05-24-2006, 05:39 PM
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#19 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | Same here fellas, thanks for all the sacrifices and... Wait a minute...
Veterans Day isnt till Monday..... I'll wait till the weekend hehe....
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05-24-2006, 05:48 PM
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#20 | | the old Sage
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Country: | so will I Dan. we live in a very uncertain future but ya know who I would really thank is guys like jhor who flew many missions over the Reich and got America up and off it's butt and let freedom reign because of him, and the other WW 2 veterans of this great nation/Canada/England and other Allies . . . in no way shape or form do I discredit the likes of our younger vets that mod and frequent these forums
to all those I salute you ...... Never, ever give up !
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05-24-2006, 06:11 PM
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#21 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | Amen brother....
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05-24-2006, 06:43 PM
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#22 | | Senior Member
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05-25-2006, 12:08 PM
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Semper Fi!
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05-25-2006, 02:23 PM
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#24 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | our Rememberance Day is always November 11th but it's never a public holiday, however it is an incredibly well respected day, the British Legion have a poppy appeal in which almost everyone buys a poppy and wears it for a few weeks to commemorate the fallen in all conflicts, and at 11am a 2 minute silence is held all across the country, and pretty much everysingle person sticks to it as the country falls motionless for 2 minutes, they even stop planes landing at major airports, no matter what people are doing they'll stop and remember the dead, then on the nearest sunday (Rememberance Sunday) a televised memorial service is held in Pal Mall i believe, which always attracts high viewing figures, i always try and watch, i think it's because of the fact it's just a silence and not a day off that so many more people reconise it...........
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05-26-2006, 07:11 AM
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#25 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | We normally get into Class A uniforms and go and visit cemetaries and lay wreaths. I will not participating this year due to a prior engagement that I am having.
I have allways been a strong believer in Memorial Day and believe that it is one the most sacred hollidays that this country has, however since I am serving in the Military now have been to war and back it means a whole lot more to me than it ever did.
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05-26-2006, 10:56 AM
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#26 | | He who does not skim
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks *** our Rememberance Day is always November 11th but it's never a public holiday, however it is an incredibly well respected day, the British Legion have a poppy appeal in which almost everyone buys a poppy and wears it for a few weeks to commemorate the fallen in all conflicts, and at 11am a 2 minute silence is held all across the country, and pretty much everysingle person sticks to it as the country falls motionless for 2 minutes, they even stop planes landing at major airports, no matter what people are doing they'll stop and remember the dead, then on the nearest sunday (Rememberance Sunday) a televised memorial service is held in Pal Mall i believe, which always attracts high viewing figures, i always try and watch, i think it's because of the fact it's just a silence and not a day off that so many more people reconise it........... | Pretty much the same here, except there's no such thing as Remembrance Sunday. Here it's just the November 11th ceremonies. Same poppy drive and everything else though, by the Royal Canadian Legion.
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05-26-2006, 12:08 PM
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#27 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | I still need to make my Tribute to all the soldiers that have served in the War in Terrorism, I am still sifting though all my pictures that I have taken though.
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