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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's a public holiday in Australia for ANZAC day.

For many people it's the one day of the year where they get to before sunrise.

We go out to the war memorials and hold dawn services all across the country

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We go out to the war memorials and hold dawn services all across the country

I think "we" might be a bit of an exaggeration. Apparently about 85,000 people attended the dawn services in all of the capitals combined, which isn't a very high percentage of 26 million.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

It should be we. 30 years ago everyone had an ex service member