{"id":122481,"date":"2026-04-27T09:57:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T23:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/?p=122481"},"modified":"2026-05-04T10:00:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T23:30:59","slug":"anzac-day-a-moment-to-remember-and-reflect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/anzac-day-a-moment-to-remember-and-reflect\/","title":{"rendered":"ANZAC Day: A Moment to Remember and Reflect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]This ANZAC Day, we paused at dawn, not just to remember, but to reflect on what remembrance asks of us.<\/p>\n<p>The courage and sacrifice of all Australians who have served in our Defence Force is not a moment in history. It lives on in the families who waited, the communities that welcomed them home, and the organisations that continue to walk alongside them.<\/p>\n<p>Across Australia, RSL LifeCare, RSL Sub-Branches, and RSL LifeCare Veteran Services provide something essential: care, connection, and belonging for veterans and their loved ones navigating life after service. Their work turns the values of ANZAC Day into daily action. Respect. Compassion. Commitment.<\/p>\n<p>As the minute&#8217;s silence fell this weekend, I was reminded that service takes many forms. It is found in those who served on the battlefield, in peacekeeping missions far from home, and in the quiet, consistent work of those who support veterans every single day.<\/p>\n<p>Lest we forget. Not only the fallen, but the living who carry their legacy forward.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"grve-element grve-image grve-align-center\" style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/1777258889666.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"ANZAC Memorial\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/1777258889666.jpeg 1x,https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/1777258889666.jpeg 2x\" \/><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]This ANZAC Day, we paused at dawn, not just to remember, but to reflect on what remembrance asks of us. The courage and sacrifice of all Australians who have served in our Defence Force is not a moment in history. It lives on in the families who waited, the communities that welcomed them home, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":122482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}