Why we pause to remember on Anzac Day

Updated April 18 2022 - 12:44pm, first published April 25 2019 - 6:00am
RESPECT: Marchers can wear their own or a relative's medals. Your own medals should be worn on the left hand side of your chest, over your heart.
RESPECT: Marchers can wear their own or a relative's medals. Your own medals should be worn on the left hand side of your chest, over your heart.
MODERN DAY: The Gallipoli peninsula, where the original Anzacs landed.
MODERN DAY: The Gallipoli peninsula, where the original Anzacs landed.
TRADITION: Laying a wreath entwined with rosemary, which symbolises remembrance, is popular on Anzac Day. Wreaths were first used by ancient Romans to crown victors.
TRADITION: Laying a wreath entwined with rosemary, which symbolises remembrance, is popular on Anzac Day. Wreaths were first used by ancient Romans to crown victors.

AS the sun rises on April 25, thousands of Australians will attend a solemn ceremony.

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