Tag: Anzac Day
Surprise in the mail
By BARRY BLAIR
BAGS of chocolates and a small arrangement of flowers were a welcome surprise with the morning mail in Uralla CBD on Friday.
Gloria...
Proud and personal
THE Armidale community gathered in their thousands last Thursday to reflect on the sacrifice our past and present Diggers have made during the 98th...
Pride in Australia
By BARRY BLAIR
PRIDE in Australia came to the fore at both Anzac Day commemorative ceremonies at Uralla.
The national day of remembrance began with the...
Navy boss is speaker
ROYAL Australian Navy Special Commodore Adam Grunsell will be the special guest at this year’s Anzac Day commemorations in Armidale on Thursday.
Commodore Adam Grunsell...
Where and when to remember
THE following services and functions have been arranged for Anzac Day, Thursday, 25 April.
4.45am: Ex-Services Memorial Club opens - service/ex-service refreshments.
5.30am: Remembrance Service for...
Re. Anzac Day is divisive
For clarity, let us call the previous writers whose names were withheld: NW1 and NW2. And to cut through much of the muddled thinking...
Snobbery is not a desirable trait
Surely the writer of “Anzac Day is divisive” isn’t serious? Our national day is January 26!
Anzac Day is our day to show gratitude to...
In reply to Anzac Day is divisive
I would like to address a few points you brought up in your letter to the editor of The Armidale Independent, May 9.
Firstly,...
Anzac Day is divisive
Several weeks ago callers on talkback radio shows on 2AD were highly critical of the Federal Government spending about $300,000 on a study to...
Anzac Day commemorations 2012
Anzac Day services in Armidale this year had the biggest attendances anyone could remember, and the organisers and attendees are to be congratulated.
Darkness...
