Comments on: Lest We Forget : Australian War Memorial

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:08:53 +0000

I think the War Memorial is fascinating. My kids, however, seem to have an allergy to museums, so they hate it. I can spend hours looking around. The best part of the memorial in my opinion is the room with all the VC’s and the stories behind them.

By: Belongum

Belongum — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:04:46 +0000

Funny how that tends to happen eh Lightening… sad that we have to learn such lessons – but it does no-one any good to forget lessons learned in lifes passing – even the bad ones. People are incredibly cruel to each other, and WWI was an amazing example of such cruelty and gross stupidity. The lesson’s learned in that war changed the face of ‘warfare’ as they then knew it… I don’t know if this is necessarily a good thing or bad thing – but it’s a poignant point – depending on how you look at this thing called ‘war’ I guess… hmmm – food for thought. Cheers

By: Lightening

Lightening — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:23:04 +0000

Hi Belongum,
It would be interesting to see the memorial through someone like your eyes. We all see things differently, coloured by our own experiences and knowledge. It’s one of those places where you’re not sure you should really enjoy yourself and yet becomes quite a poignant and growing experiences. To be honest, I’ve always been an ostrich when it comes to war and remembering war. I’d rather forget (or not think about it). Remembrance Day took on a whole new meaning for our 10 year old. You can see that he’s learnt so much through his experiences at the War Memorial which helped to make the “theory” they’ve been talking about at school make so much more sense (and become more real).

By: Belongum

Belongum — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:26:37 +0000

you know what… it’s funny but given all my years in one uniform or another, I’ve never actually been! I’ve even been there in Canbarra, and still haven’t been – not out of any particular design to not see it, but more that a life in uniform has you living a little of it at times, and you don’t always get a good opportunity to reflect on that in any really useful way whilst you’re wearing it. I’d love to go now – and take my family – make it an experience that wrapped around my families experiences in the wars since WWII. I hadn’t really considered this though, until you mentioned this. Cheers for giving me a new perspective L…