COME TO THE FESTIVAL
Festival to remember the fallen.
Our Festival is coming soon!!
To the people who find war interesting or has someone in their family that was in war or someone you know that was in war would love to come to this event. To remember the fallen, to speak about war and its causes. To make you realize how important World War was, and still is.
RIDES
BBQ
FOOD
DRINKS
GAMES
ART
ENTERTAINMENT (MUSIC)
MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERS
ETC...
Festival to remember
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013, 09:30 AM
Whittlesea Show grounds
What are the causes of war?
The main causes of World War I, began in central Europe in ln July 1914 and finished in 1918, included many things, such as the conflicts and hostility of the four decades leading up to the war. Militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism are huge things in the conflict as well.
The Australian involvement in the war
Australia became involved in the Vietnam War in 1965. On 29 April, Prime Minister Robert Menzies said to Parliament that Australia would send combat troops to South Vietnam. Since 1962 Australia’s involvement was a small number of Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) advisers sent to train South Vietnamese troops and a Royal Australian Air Force Transport Flight from 1964, but this was an increase in our military commitment.
More about our event
This Event we are putting on is a festival. Rides, food and many other things for kids to enjoy and for those adults too! Then at around 1:30pm we will gather everyone that has joined us to listen to a few motivational people speak about our War and remember those who passed in it.
The significance of ANZAC day for Australians
Although Anzac Day, the anniversary of the first day of conflict, it does remind us of a very important time in New Zealand's history. Great suffering was caused to a small country by the loss of so many of its young men. But the Gallipoli campaign showcased attitudes and attributes - bravery, tenacity, practicality, ingenuity, and loyalty - that helped New Zealand define itself as a nation, even as it fought unquestioningly on the other side of the world in the name of the British Empire.
The impact of the great war on Australians at home
War began to have an impact on Australia and Australian society during the later 1800s. Australia's participation in several small imperial wars during the second half of the nineteenth century allowed the colonies to demonstrate their loyalty to Britain and helped to strengthen imperial ties. These overseas involvements also encouraged the colonies to believe that they could occupy a larger place on the international stage.
World War 1, though, had a much greater impact on Australian society. Anzac Day, commemorating the landing of Australian and New Zealand troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 25 April 1915, is Australia's most important commemorative day. The Anzac legend, representing the Australian fighting man as a resourceful, resilient, even cheerful warrior, has become part of Australia's folklore. It has been an accepted part of the culture for two generations of Australians. More recently it has been questioned increasingly.