Since Iarrived in Australia Id heard about Anzac Day (Australian and New Zealand ArmyCorps), one of the most important holidays for Australians. And myquestion was why every city in Australia celebrates Anzac Day with so muchpassion, intensity and love? What makes them stand up in the freezing weatherat dawn without seating? Why do they celebrate in smaller places across thecountry or travel to another city for the big event? And also what is the realmeaning of this sentence that is written everywhere lest we forget? I wentthere to check.25thApril, 2015, 3:30am. I was in the capital of Australia, Canberra, trying to getto the Australian War Memorial to commemorate with them the 100th anniversaryof the landing of Anzac troops on Gallipoli in 1915. Dawn, in the morningdarkness, was the time of the original landing and nowadays is when the firstService takes place. It wasfreezing, packed, difficult to park. Everybody was walking to try to find aspot to stand. There were some chairs, not enough for a huge mass of peoplethat was coming. There were families, young people, children, babies andelderly people waiting for the Australian Dawn Service to start. The Servicebegan punctually at 4:30. A selection of images was projected onto the frontfacade. I couldnt believe how thousands of people could suddenly become sosilent. Seriously, it was really quiet and the only noise was a baby crying or some birds. Letters anddiaries of Australians who experienced war were read aloud by a member of each ofthe Australian armed forces for one hour. It was impressionable, but I wasexhausted, almost sleeping, frozen and hungry. Elderly people beside me faintedon the ground. Doctors came instantly with care and some lollies. In the colddarkness, the sunrise was opening in the sky while the ceremony was being held.Trumpet, didgeridoo (a typical Australian aboriginal instrument), hymn, prayer,the laying of wreaths, a recitation, Anzac dedication, the playing of eitherthe Rouse or the Roveille, the national anthem, the last post and finally oneminutes silence followed by lest we forget. And all of the people repeated:Lest we forget. Because ofthe darkness I didnt realize how many people were there until the servicefinished. After I walked around I could see the big parade suggested almost 130thousand people. It surprised me how the people come out without comfort andentertainment (only to compare, Canberra has 360 thousand inhabitants). After theceremony, people gathered in the Memorials Commemorative Area where theyhonour more than 102,700 servicemen and servicewomen whose names appear on theRoll of Honour. People place red poppies at the Tomb of the Unknown AustralianSoldier or beside the names of relatives on the Memorials Roll of Honourcreating an impressive curtain of flowers. To understanda little bit about the origin of Anzac Day, 100 years ago, on 25thApril of 1915, Australian and New Zealand men who were volunteers, were inGallipoli Peninsula in Turkey to help British soldiers defeat the German Army(only to contextualize, when the war broke out in 1914, Australia had been afederated nation for only 13 years and the new federal government was eager toestablish its reputation among the nations of the world).In Gallipolithe Anzacs