Reader Submitted: Anzac Day Veterans Concert

 

As real-life news centers around the Strait of Hormuz, in 1915 attention was on another straits, the Strait of Gallipoli, also known as the Dardanelles. The Western Allies in World War One wanted to capture it as control of the waterway would better allow them to send supplies to their ally Russia. And on April 25, thousands of Australian and New Zealand soldiers, the Anzac Corps, stormed the shores. But the defenders were well dug in, and the result was a battle that lasted for months and resulted in the Anzac Corps suffering over ten thousand dead before the order was given to retreat. Considered Australia and New Zealand's "baptism by fire," April 25 would later be made Anzac Day, which commemorates the Australian and New Zeeland soldiers who died in the campaign and all servicemen and women of both countries who died in all wars and conflicts. Here in Second Life, there was an Anzac Day event, a fundraiser concert to raise money for veterans. Among those attending were Charlotte Williams, who would send the Newser an article. 

 

Read Charlotte's reader submission in Events.  

 

Anzac Day Memorial

 

 Today is Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand, a national holiday in both countries that honors all of it's soldiers, sailors, and airmen who served in all of their wars and other times of conflict. High above the Ethereal Isle, there's an Anzac Day memorial.

 

 

They shall not grow old as we who are left to grow old, 

Age shall not worry them or the years condemn,

At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

We will remember them.

 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ethereal%20Isle/181/50/2615 

 

Anzac Day 100th Anniversary Rememberance

Last Saturday, the 100th Anniversary of the battle of Gallipoli took place. Today the event is known as Anzac Day, a military day of rememberance in Australia and New Zealand. In Second Life, a ceremony was held in honor of those who served, the fallen and the survivors. Jessicabelle Dayafter took some notes and pictures so the event could later be written down for public record.

Read the story in Events.