Hi fellow Manly fans.
It's okay to move this thread, I just wanted to show I've put up the pics.
As promised, some pics of the ANZAC day ceremony in Villers-Brettoneux, France.
10 years ago the Anzac day ceremony in VB was celebrated on the 'nearest' Saturday to Anzac day by a few locals. Now it has grown to a special day, on the 25th April, with 4000 people attending.
On "Anzac" day in 1918, the Germans launched a huge offensive at VB in an all out attempt to bring about the end to the war. What happened was they were beaten back through furious and brave fighting which lead the way for the allies to bring about the end of the war on the 11th of November.
April 24th:
I visited the huge cathedral in Amiens, a town just North of VB, and in one of the side chapels I found some flags - well in fact flags from:
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, America, and Newfoundland.
Further along, an engraved tablet:
April 25th
It was cold, fah fah fah-reezing cold. Rain, sleet, and even snow was forecast and 3500 hardy folk still turned up. Luckily the weather held.
it's certainly a proud moment to hear how schools still have "Let us never forget Australia" written in their classrooms and for the mayor to say "vive la Australie" and "vive la New Zealand".
A humbling time, a time for reflection, a sad and yet proud time, a time for more pics from me and less typing.
Lest we forget:
It's okay to move this thread, I just wanted to show I've put up the pics.
As promised, some pics of the ANZAC day ceremony in Villers-Brettoneux, France.
10 years ago the Anzac day ceremony in VB was celebrated on the 'nearest' Saturday to Anzac day by a few locals. Now it has grown to a special day, on the 25th April, with 4000 people attending.
On "Anzac" day in 1918, the Germans launched a huge offensive at VB in an all out attempt to bring about the end to the war. What happened was they were beaten back through furious and brave fighting which lead the way for the allies to bring about the end of the war on the 11th of November.
April 24th:
I visited the huge cathedral in Amiens, a town just North of VB, and in one of the side chapels I found some flags - well in fact flags from:
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, America, and Newfoundland.
Further along, an engraved tablet:
April 25th
It was cold, fah fah fah-reezing cold. Rain, sleet, and even snow was forecast and 3500 hardy folk still turned up. Luckily the weather held.
it's certainly a proud moment to hear how schools still have "Let us never forget Australia" written in their classrooms and for the mayor to say "vive la Australie" and "vive la New Zealand".
A humbling time, a time for reflection, a sad and yet proud time, a time for more pics from me and less typing.
Lest we forget:
