What is ( ANZAC )day in Australia?

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What is ( ANZAC )day in Australia?

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Particularly at a time when Australian soldiers have again been involved in battles in other parts of the world, the commemoration of Anzac Day this year should not only remember those who have suffered in war but strengthen our conviction that there must be peace in the world.

"They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the evening
we will remember them."
-- From the Anzac Day Service
In the early hours of April 25, at various Shrines of Remembrance, cenotaphs and war memorials everywhere in Australia and New Zealand, there is a gathering of the men and women who have gone to war and returned, and with their families and friends gather for a dawn service that heralds the start of another Anzac Day.

This is a day of remembrance -- of the deaths and sufferings in war, the valor of fighting men and women, and the ever-present hope for the peoples of the world to live together in harmony and lasting peace.

And, as every Anzac Day service recalls, "at the going down of the sun and in the evening we will remember them."

End of innocence
Anzac Day, a public holiday in Australia and New Zealand, commemorates the landing at Gallipoli in 1915 of the two countries' fighting men, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, during World War I.

This was the war that was impossible to win and marked the end of Australia's age of innocence as Australians and New Zealanders alike witnessed and heard reports of the distant booming guns and the cries of the dying.

All in all, in the Gallipoli Campaign which ultimately ended in defeat, more than 8700 Australians and between 2400 and 2721 New Zealanders were killed.

go to this website and it has alot more details
http://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/anza...

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This is the day of celebration for the invention of air conditioners. An old man, who was from australia, and new zealand, invented the air con unit in 1731, so when electricity, and global warming started, we began buying them. This is how you get the ANZAC (australia new zealand air conditioning)
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If you are from the USA, it's the equivalent to Veterans day, and the above answer has explained a lot so I won't reiterate on that... )O(
I won't retell the history of ANZAC Day here. I'd like to mention about the commemoration of the day.

The date, 25 April, was officially named ANZAC Day in 1916; in that year it was marked by a wide variety of ceremonies and services in Australia, a march through London, and a sports day in the Australian camp in Egypt. In London, over 2,000 Australian and New Zealand troops marched through the streets of the city.

What does it mean today?
Australians recognise 25 April as an occasion of national commemoration. Commemorative services are held at dawn, the time of the original landing, across the nation. Later in the day ex-servicemen and women meet and join in marches through the major cities and many smaller centres. Commemorative ceremonies are held at war memorials around the country. It is a day when Australians reflect on the many different meanings of war. The numbers attending services especially, the Dawn Services across the nation, are increasing every year.

The ANZAC Day ceremony
Each year the commemorations follow a pattern that is familiar to each generation of Australians. A typical ANZAC Day service contains the following features: introduction, hymn, prayer, an address, laying of wreaths, recitation, "The last post", a period of silence, "The rouse" or "The reveille", and the National Anthem and the Ode. At the Australian War Memorial, following events such as the ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day services, families often place red poppies beside the names of relatives on the Memorial's Roll of Honour.

The ANZAC Ode:
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At he going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Lest We Forget.
Its a day celebrated by all Australians and New Zealanders to reflect on our men and wemen who went to war for our countries.

It is always on the 25th of April with the last post played at ceremonies accross the 2 countries.

It is particually rememberd for the people that forght at Galipilly (sorry guys, dont know how to spell that place).

ANZAC stands for...Australia and New Zealand Army Corps