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‘United in spirit’: How locked-down Australians are planning to mark Anzac Day

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Apr 11, 2020 #Anzac, #planning
‘United in spirit’: How locked-down Australians are planning to mark Anzac Day

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April 11, 2020 14: 38:22

Kat Jackson does not play a brass instrument, and neither does her eight-year-old daughter, Neve, however they plan to sound the Last Post in their driveway this Anzac Day.

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  • The Australian War Memorial’s yearly Anzac Day service will continue and be relayed live by the ABC
  • Australian jazz artist James Morrison is contacting all brass artists to play the Last Post at 6: 00 am in their driveways on Anzac Day
  • Native artist Kim Brolga Williams has been painting electricity poles in her Beaudesert street to help raise the spirits of her neighbours

Anzac Day service broadcast

With April 25 quickly approaching, and as coronavirus constraints remain tightly in place, numerous Australians are considering how they will mark the nationwide day of remembrance and questioning which, if any, Anzac Day services will go ahead.

” Anzac Day is a symbolic day for Australians and New Zealanders with the Australian War Memorial being the centre of Australia’s national ceremony,” stated Anne Bennie, the memorial’s assistant director of public programs.

” Due to COVID-19 the M

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