{"id":1733,"date":"2011-04-25T06:22:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T20:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=1733"},"modified":"2012-02-23T16:15:22","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T05:15:22","slug":"lest-we-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2011\/04\/lest-we-forget\/","title":{"rendered":"Lest We Forget"},"content":{"rendered":"

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:<\/em>
\nAge shall not weary them, nor the years condemn<\/em>
\nAt the going down of the sun and in the morning<\/em>
\nWe will remember them.<\/em><\/p>\n

I attended an Anzac Day service last weekend and it was very moving. It was also very interesting to learn more about the Lone Pine story and how it became such an important part of Australian folklore. The service was held beneath a Pine Tree seeded from the original Lone Pine<\/a> (which was destroyed in thebattles in 1915); a seedling from the Melbourne tree was also planted so that the Lone Pine can always be represented in that park as part of our gratitude to those young men and women who fought for our way of life.<\/p>\n

Doyou have a place near you that signifies history and remembrance?<\/p>\n

Lest we forget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. I attended an Anzac Day service last weekend and it was very moving. It was also very interesting to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[1220,1457,1458,1221,500],"class_list":["post-1733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bit-off-track","tag-anzac-day","tag-anzac-day-service","tag-lest-we-forget","tag-lone-pine","tag-service"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t