Name/TitleANZAC Day poppy, flag and message during lockdown, Sandringham
About this objectAll dawn services, marches and ANZAC Day events were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. There was concern particularly for the high proportion of older Australians who attend such events and the risks to them. At the time, public gatherings were limited to two people, other than for groups from the same household.
People were encouraged by the RSL to pay respect from home by standing outside to observe a minute’s silence at dawn, holding a torch or candle. Some made poppies to display in their windows or outside their homes. Other families created their own ceremonies outside.
This poppy, flag and message were displayed in Bay Road, Sandringham. The message or respect read, ‘On Anzac Day we honour all who answered to a service call, soldiers young, and soldiers old, who fought for freedom, brave and bold’.
