Why we should keep celebrate Anzac day - Writing portfolio

Every year ANZAC day is celebrated on the 26^th of April. Anzac stands for Australian, New Zealand army crops. This day is celebrated in respect and remembrance of who those who died in the battle of Gallipoli to defend and protect the people with their own lives. A lot of lives were waster in this war, the death toll for the Turkish was 87,000, France and the British was 44,000 lives, 8,500 from the Australians and 2721 from new Zealand. Altogether, three out of four men would have been killed or wounded. We should celebrate Anzac day in respect and remembrance of the lives lost, history of New Zealand and the community.

We should celebrate Anzac day to respect and remember the lives lost in the First World War. 2712 New Zealanders were killed and many more were wounded in battle. If there were no Anzac day, a very small amount of people would know the tragedies, loss’s and defeat in world war one. Very few would know the risk New Zealand and Australians took in Gallipoli. We should continue to celebrate Anzac day in a sign of respect and remembrance. We will remember the men who were the age of 18 fighting in this war, the same age as senior kids in high school. This is one reason why we should celebrate Anzac day.

World war one will always be a part of New Zealand history and maybe one of the most vivid and respected marks celebrated every year. In New Zealand we only have one celebration to celebrate the wars, Australian has one day as well, USA has two days to remember the war and so do France. There is a total of five war related celebrations being celebrated during Anzac day and twelve different nations all celebrating. What makes this celebration special for New Zealand and Australians is that we are not celebrating for freedom or the battles, we celebrate Anzac day for the lives lost and remember each individual person who had to suffer through these times. We should keep celebrating Anzac day to keep our history unique.

All around New Zealand we have a lot of community groups like the cadet force, ST Johns, Girl guides, boy scouts, RSA and many other groups. Anzac is a chance for these groups to be noticed in the public. The cadet force plays a major roll on the day, displaying their ways of respect to the public and the lives lost in the war. The cadets largely reflect back to the armed forces and the public expectations of a military show. We should still have Anzac day for the support of our community groups. Anzac day is like a year goal, a lot of effort is prepared for this day to show off what they learn. We should keep Anzac day to give meaning and support to our community.

We should keep celebrating Anzac day as it is now a Tradition to me. Without Anzac day, the community groups would be little more than an idea, our history won’t have much reason or excitement and the lives lost would be wasted and sadly pointless.  We should continue contributing ourselves to this day, it will bring us all together, stronger and gives our country meaning.