1. ANZAC Day
The young men of the day had had drilled into them by history, legend, verse, story and song that real nationhood is forged in battle. ... Then in reflecting on history, Churchill said "History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it!" For New Zealand and Australia, we may not have the luxury of being able to write our own histories as we would like them, but the history of Gallipoli extends beyond the outcome of the campaign itself, to the emergence of two young, independent nations committed to a peaceful world. ... They shall grow not old As we that are left grow old Age shall not ...
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