lest we forget

03/14/2007

lest we forget

I walked past the same sidewalk in Adelaide, South Australia last week that I went past in December 2004. I spotted the same grafitti. Metaphor, no?

Mar 14, 2007 1:48:25 PM

1 Comment Comment feed

Don't know whether it's used outside Australia - but "Lest we Forget" is inscribed on war monuments around the country. We have a national public holiday devoted to remembering wars, ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) day. Returned soldiers march to the local war memorial at dawn and the girl guides and school kids march too. "Lest we forget" is always said as part of the ceremony.

(The KKK kind of image is really a bit disturbing)

Some peace-oriented types can use the day to get a peace message out. The fabulous women's/peace activist <a href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,494336,00.html">Judy Small</a> has a song titled "Lest They Recall" in response to the phrase.

Posted by: sirexkat | 03/14/2007 at 03:55 PM

The comments to this entry are closed.

strangely alluring... maps Fullinterstatemap-web Eisenhower highway system, simplified. A great graphic from this week's favorite blog: strange maps.

Australia 2007, pack o' photos online a few more apostles I got my Flickr set of travel photos all up and running, in case you want to see a few more pictures like this and a lot of photos of odd caravan parks and sort of normal public libraries. I had a good time, but jet...