Every Anzac Day, before the sun comes up, Australians stand in silence. Veterans wearing their medals. Grandchildren holding a photo of someone they never met. We made them a promise: lest we forget. The Australian War Memorial is where that promise lives on. It holds the names of more than 100,000 Australians who died in uniform. Soldiers, sailors and airmen. Nurses. Peacekeepers. Now activists have forced a gallery on the early settlement clashes into that same building. In their story, 1788 is an invasion, the settlers who built this country are war criminals, and you’re on the wrong side of a war. That’s the story of division and shame they want told under the same roof as the Roll of Honour. The Prime Minister and the Veterans’ Affairs Minister have let this happen. Those who gave their lives can’t defend their Memorial. You can. Sign the petition to move this colonial history to the National Museum and protect the memory of our veterans.
