Anzac Day: Recent veterans need to be remembered - 'they'll just stand quietly at the back'
by MSN
MSN— New Zealanders' service in recent conflicts also needs to be remembered in tomorrow's Anzac Day commemorations, says the Returned and Services Association...
The Guardian—German MPs break taboo by backing first post-unification Veterans’ Day. Annual event in June is designed to make service in volunteer army more attractive amid looming threatsThe German parliament has passed a bill creating the first post-unification Veterans’ Day, breaking with a long-held taboo around veneration of soldiers as the country faces up to new looming threats.MPs in the Bundestag lower house approved the proposal to create a memorial day on 15 June each year, after an agreement between the government and the conservative opposition earlier this month....
Daily Mail—Pandemonium Rocks shares tribute to servicemen and veterans as it takes place in Sydney on Anzac Day. Sharing an image of the sign to Instagram, organisers attempted to make amends after the furore.
The Guardian—On Anzac Day you’ll hear stories of courage and mateship. It’s a way to rationalise war. Our leaders weave grand, often poetic, narratives around death on the battlefield – and then tragically we let it happen again.