tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899193538457209754.post5069880043167788011..comments2024-03-21T17:09:43.928+11:00Comments on Mal's Gherkin Pram: ANZAC DayMal Kiely [Lancelots Pram]http://www.blogger.com/profile/09550832509641597913noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899193538457209754.post-77502265130549117092008-04-25T11:01:00.000+10:002008-04-25T11:01:00.000+10:00We have the same thing here...but we call it Memor...We have the same thing here...but we call it Memorial Day here. complete with parades and everything.♥Caroline♥https://www.blogger.com/profile/00364909664839680979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899193538457209754.post-5316956861826003432008-04-25T08:21:00.000+10:002008-04-25T08:21:00.000+10:00I thought to go to the local Dawn Service and watc...I thought to go to the local Dawn Service and watch the Beersheeba horses ride by. But thought, no. I don't really need to get misted up out in the GP and then what? Come back home again. Or go and play two-up at the pub? Hmmm. <BR/><BR/>I can get misted up all on my tod at home and did, hearing this:<BR/><BR/><I>"Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and Mehmets. To us where they lie side by side, here in this country of ours. <BR/><BR/>You the mothers who sent their sons from far away countries, wipe away your tears. Your sons are now living in our bosom and are at peace."</I> Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk), 1934, Gallipolli.Linkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12346948772651971988noreply@blogger.com