tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923224972595501331.post1220212186705775676..comments2024-03-21T00:28:51.690-07:00Comments on Sunday Best and All the Rest: Photography || Memorial DayPaigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17315980708870871308noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923224972595501331.post-83843655320802015892016-06-11T11:23:03.628-07:002016-06-11T11:23:03.628-07:00Yay!
That is so neat! Thank you for telling me yo...Yay! <br />That is so neat! Thank you for telling me your nation's history. :D I have an Australian blogging friend who wrote about Anzac Day once. It's neat that you wear the red poppies! They used to popular in the US, but I didn't see any this year. :\<br />Paigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315980708870871308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923224972595501331.post-29433013230900881352016-06-11T11:19:56.357-07:002016-06-11T11:19:56.357-07:00Yes, I have attended in the past, but not for a co...Yes, I have attended in the past, but not for a couple of years or so now!<br />That is so neat! I love reading the unique names too. Wow...that is quite the name. ;)Paigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315980708870871308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923224972595501331.post-2460910875570208092016-06-09T14:09:57.441-07:002016-06-09T14:09:57.441-07:00I usually attend a ceremony at a cemetery on Memor...I usually attend a ceremony at a cemetery on Memorial Day, although this year I did not. <br /><br />In general I like to visit cemeteries for no particular reason. I like the solitude and quiet, and I like contemplating the lives lived long before mine. The names often fuel my imagination as well (which is great, since I'm a writer) and I love finding the most absurd names in the cemetery! :) (like the Pancake family who actually named their kids things like "blueberry")Mandi Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07349222279596808119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923224972595501331.post-59235275403617849122016-06-08T22:51:03.474-07:002016-06-08T22:51:03.474-07:00Reader from New Zealand here! :)
We have something...Reader from New Zealand here! :)<br />We have something called Anzac Day. The ANZAC (Australia and New Zealand Army Corps) forces worked together in World War 1. Anzac Day commemorates all the soldiers, both alive and dead, and is on the anniversary of one particularly famous battle the Anzac forces fought in - the battle of Gallipoli in Turkey in 1915. <br />As to how we celebrate it, red poppy badges are sold in the weeks before Anzac Day and the proceeds support army veterans. People wear the red poppies on their clothes on Anzac Day. I think the poppy symbols come the famous poem 'In Flanders Fields' which is worth a read if you're interested. Also people often eat Anzac biscuits.<br />Ceremonies are held at war memorials and it's a public holiday. Similar to Memorial Day I think apart from the poppies and the story behind Gallipoli!Bonnie Sampsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17920875696870120137noreply@blogger.com