ANZAC

Anzac (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) Day is the New Zealand and Australian version of America's Memorial Day and Britain's Remembrance Day.  Strongly connected to the defeat of Aussie, Kiwi, and French forces by the Turks at Gallipoli, Anzac Day is a national holiday often commemorated early in the morning by laying a wreath at some notable monument or body of water.

On this particular Anzac Day I took Molly and Oliver to Founders Park where they were having a reenactment of life during World War II.  It was a interesting and quite educational event as I knew very little of this aspect of WWII.  New Zealand Armed Forces were represented as well as American Airborne Infantry, French Resistance Fighters and, of course, Nazi soldiers.  Nothing says holiday like the Gestapo!

Oliver and Molly plan the invasion.

Your papers, please!

A battle . . . 

. . . and the results.

We know nothing!

Quick, to the airplane!

The great escape!

Three fun events in three visits to Nelson's Founders Park!