Across the globe - in cities that never sleep and blink-and-you'll-miss-it country towns, at war memorials, RSL halls, aged care homes and schools, from the halls of parliament to shopping malls - people stopped and paused yesterday at 11am for a minute's silence.
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In this centenary of Anzac, Remembrance Day 2015 commemorates 97 years since the end of World War One, idealistically cited at the time as the war to end all wars.
But still we go to war, even in the name of “peace keeping”. And still our loved ones died or were left maimed, physically and mentally, as future generations marched off the World War Two, Korea, Vietnam, East Timor and more recently, to conflicts in Afghanistan and the Middle East.
Yesterday, we as a nation stopped to remember our fellow countrymen and women who died defending Australia so that we may enjoy the freedom of which people in other countries can only dream.
Today, however, as the Eden RSL sub-branch recognised at its Remembrance Day service, "our thoughts rest on the continuing threat of terrorism".
Unfortunately, even in a picture postcard town such as Eden, this has become the reality of day-to-day living; the troubled times in which we live, whether it be from the threat of Islamic State militants or the continuing debate about refugees, is never far from our minds.
As the sub-branch’s president Steve Mahoney said: “Our prayers go out to the many innocent people involved in these continuing conflicts, especially in countries where governments do not protect their citizens”.
Some people also will remember November 11, 2015 as the 40th anniversary of the dismissal of the Whitlam Labor government.
Regardless of our individual political persuasion, perhaps there is room for reflection about those events as well.
How fortunate are we to live in a democracy such as Australia where we can freely express our political affiliations in public as well as at the ballot box. It is indeed a lucky country.
The words of Australia's national anthem - "Australians all let us rejoice, for we are young and free" - should serve as a reminder that every day should be Remembrance Day.
Lest we forget.