Rememberance Day
- Rose2
- Gary
- Ixia
- JessieJ
- MJ2
- robertquest
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Georgene A. Bramlage
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» Rose2 - Lest we forget
IN FLANDERS FIELDSIn Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
John McCrae
-- posted by Rose2
» robertquest - remembering Them
What is it Australians commemorate on Anzac Day?Australia and New Zealand at war
On 25 April 1915 Australia and New Zealand were at war. Along with the Allies (the major Allied Powers were the British Empire [Britain and her colonies and dominions], France and the Russian Empire), the ANZACs were fighting against the Central Powers (Germany, Turkey [then known as the Ottoman Empire], and Austria-Hungary).
In response to a request for help from Russia, which was being battered by the Turks in the Caucasus, the Allies decided to begin a campaign which they hoped would distract Turkey from their attack on Russia.
The plan was for the Allies to attack and take the Gallipoli Peninsula, on Turkey's Aegean coast, from which point the Allies believed they could take control of the Dardanelles - a 67 kilometre (42 mile) strait which connects the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara - and lay siege to Turkey's main city, Istanbul (then Constantinople).
-- posted by robertquest
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Georgene A. Bramlage
- Re: remembering Them
Rob,
From this old Yank Thanks for the reminder!
I usually manage to get something up in the Garden COI calendar, but immersed in family affairs, I've let the calendar languish a bit.
One of the most horric films my husband and I have seen was "Gallipoli." It surely brought the terrors of war home to roost. Superb as it is, the new American made-for-TV series Band of Brothers doesn't hold a candle to "Gallipoli."
Georgene (AKA Cercis)
-- posted by Georgene A. Bramlage
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