ANZAC Day Service 2017
The early morning fog lingered through the sleepy district of Pine Mountain recently, as members of the Pine Mountain & District Historical Society prepared for the ANZAC Day ceremony. The service commenced at 9am, with the sun burning off the last remnant fog patches & blessing us all with a gloriously sunny day.
President of the Pine Mountain & District Historical Society, Mr. Len Mahon, opened the service by welcoming all of the approximately 120 attendees & introduced Fr Bill Redman to lead all in the Prayer of Remembrance & ANZAC Day address. Fr Redman's speech touched upon most every conceivable aspect that war inevitably affects, including those left behind to bear the burden of not knowing whether their children or partners would return home & the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander People, who returned to their homeland affected just as much as their white brothers & sisters, but who were not afforded the same rights as their white brothers & sisters upon their return...it was an extremely important speech by Fr Redman & we thank him for his touching speech.
The early morning fog lingered through the sleepy district of Pine Mountain recently, as members of the Pine Mountain & District Historical Society prepared for the ANZAC Day ceremony. The service commenced at 9am, with the sun burning off the last remnant fog patches & blessing us all with a gloriously sunny day.
President of the Pine Mountain & District Historical Society, Mr. Len Mahon, opened the service by welcoming all of the approximately 120 attendees & introduced Fr Bill Redman to lead all in the Prayer of Remembrance & ANZAC Day address. Fr Redman's speech touched upon most every conceivable aspect that war inevitably affects, including those left behind to bear the burden of not knowing whether their children or partners would return home & the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander People, who returned to their homeland affected just as much as their white brothers & sisters, but who were not afforded the same rights as their white brothers & sisters upon their return...it was an extremely important speech by Fr Redman & we thank him for his touching speech.
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