It's strange to see this debated. In Australia about 20 years ago, numbers of people attending ANZAC marches were dropping, and many were saying that it would be wound up in the near future due to lack of public intrest. Then on the 75th aniversary of the Gallipoli campain, they flew 20 vets back for the dawn service. Since then crowd numbers have been increasing.
The Day is not a celebration of war, it's a day of rememberance, and a reminder of how bad war can be. The fact that the day doesn't celebrate a military victory helps as well.
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