April 25, 2003

ANZAC Day

Today is ANZAC Day, commemorating the anniversary of Australian and New Zealand fighting forces landing in Gallipoli, Turkey 88 years ago. This one is a little different in that there are no longer any survivors from that battle in WWI. The last, 103-year-old Tasmanian Alec Campbell, died in May 2002. In fact, only nine Great War veterans, or Diggers, remain.

Let's hope Australians never lose this sense of history on this day in the years to come.

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