Today is ANZAC day here in Australia and in New Zealand, Anzac Day is commemorated by Australia and New Zealand on 25 April every year to remember members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who landed at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I.
Pretty much the rest of this post is just stuff I’ve ripped off other sites, I’m off to watch the parade they have through the middle of Sydney 
The Ode
This is the verse of the ode that is said during the minutes of silence on Anzac Day:
They shall grow not old,
As we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them,
Nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun,
And in the morning
We will remember them. Lest we Forget
ANZAC Biscuits
(Taken from the ABC Teaching site)
These biscuits (cookies) are named after the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, a famous army corps from World War I. These cookies were made during the war because they used fewer ingredients and they shipped well due to the fact that the cookies were harder. Try them they are good! Recipe:
- 2 cups rolled oats
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 cup flour
- 125gm butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon golden syrup - a product made from cane sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons boiling water
Combine the oats, sugar, flour and melt together. Then add the golden syrup, and finally the baking soda dissolved in the boiling water. Put spoonfuls of the mixture on a greased tray and bake at 180°C (350°F) for 15-20 minutes or until cooked a golden-brown color and crispy.
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