19 Year Old Boys
by Pippa on April 14, 2007
Next Wednesday Sorry, on Wednesday April 25 (the week after this) it will be ANZAC Day. Of all the public holidays we recognise, this is the only one that I feel is important to pay attention to. It relates to how we, as Australians, have come to identify ourselves as a nation, and allows us to reflect on the positives and negatives (too many to link to) of our nation’s military involvement.
I attended the dawn service on North Terrace a couple of years ago and really want to go again this year.
Who wants to come along?
State National War Memorial : North Terrace : 6.15 am
I’m happy to provide breakfast back at my place after the service. I’ll bring out my great uncle’s photographs and letters from WW1 and maybe I’ll even find a copy of Gallipoli to watch. I also own a copy of The Great Escape, which is semi-topical as it paints a rosy picture of how prisoners of war are meant to be treated. Oh, and Steve McQueen looks “hott”* in it.
And if we’re feeling really keen we can draft out an idealised vision of the future Australian national identity.
Come on. It’s a public holiday so you can catch up on your beauty sleep in the afternoon.
* Since when have people started writing hott instead of hot when describing attractiveness?
12 comments
What about Christmas? Do you pay attention to that?
by Gav on April 11, 2007 at 8:17 am. #
Truly ’tis the first time anyone’s ever made the dawn service sound like fun.
by Seamus on April 11, 2007 at 10:43 am. #
i’m torn pippa. if i come along, i might need to print an anti-war t-shirt.. but if you’re okay with that, then i’d love to attend.
si.
by sighmon on April 11, 2007 at 4:07 pm. #
I’ll be going to the one at Brighton jetty. It’s got a brilliant view of the rising sun over the sea. You’re right about collapsing from tiredness in the afternoon…
by Nick on April 11, 2007 at 6:41 pm. #
Haha – delete that comment, the sun rises on the other side I admit it. Still that’s how you make a day of it.
by Nick on April 11, 2007 at 6:43 pm. #
I’m fine with an anti-war tshirt – being against the idiocy of war is one of the reasons why i recognise ANZAC Day – but i’m not sure if the old guys at the war memorial would be too impressed. I’m thinking about busting out my bikes not bombs tee…
by Pippa on April 11, 2007 at 10:20 pm. #
I think that war veterans are probably the wrong crowd to be preaching your anti-war shit to – I think they would probably understand that war is not the answer.
by maggie on April 12, 2007 at 3:26 pm. #
that episode of Australian Story about Major Michael Stone was very good.
by Sair on April 14, 2007 at 5:37 pm. #
The great escape and gallipoli are awesome – if only you knew someone cool with a home cinema system who lives on the beach…………..
by Stubby on April 15, 2007 at 11:40 pm. #
Well, how about the someone with the home cinema system schleps it up to my gracious estate so we can have a bigger viewing area for ANZAC Day? There’s no way that I’m going to ride all the way down to Semaphore after the dawn service.
No Siree.
by Pippa on April 16, 2007 at 12:22 am. #
trust me to find the frivolous bit. i reckon i first heard hott when mike radz started yelling ‘hott… with two t’s!!!’ at various functions… and then i wrote it on a picture of me and you, cause it seemed we needed more than the average one t.
xxo lsd
by leighstardust on April 16, 2007 at 6:01 pm. #
Pippa
We have a video copy of gallipolli if you want to borrow it
Mum
by Kathy on April 18, 2007 at 10:53 pm. #