ANZAC Day

Today's about honoring the brave young soldiers of Australia and New Zealand who crossed the planet in 1916 to fight at Gallipoli. It commemorates the landings at that disastrous engagement.  They were so young and so brave. 

I always think about their mothers today, too, as the war dragged on, baking Anzac biscuits which they figured out could be edible after shipping so far, a taste of home.

Later the commenoration has been enlarged to honor all  Australian and New Zealand war dead and serving. And I add, their families.

That's it today. Honoring you, New Zealand and Australian blogistas and your spirit.

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ANZAC Day

For blogistas in NZ and Oz, here's the annual tribute to the brave young men, teenagers really, who crossed the planet to fight in the Dardanelles, a disastrous WW1 campaign, costing many precious lives. Where you are, it's already Tuesday, but here it's still ANZAC Day.

And here's the info for people not familiar with the Dardanelles  World War 1 military engagement. Devised and ordered by the First Lord of the Admiralty, a well connected and incompetent person who insisted that the Turks could be defeated by this move, and WW1 thereby won. 

He  was removed and demoted after the total failure, the Ottoman empire emerging victorious, after inflicting terrible losses on the allies.  Winston Churchill.

Meanwhile, prayers for Ukraine

Gratitude for a competent US President.

And the Sock Ministry continues, praying by doing.

Happy Monday, everyone.