Tag Archives: ANZAC Day

Anzac Day Commemoration this Sunday, and Summer Picnic announced

An announcement from our Commonwealth colleagues about the up-coming ANZAC Day service.



Kia Ora Michael

ANZAC Memorial Service April 2022

It is with great pleasure that we are inviting you to join us at the ANZAC Memorial Service this coming Sunday, April 24 at 12:00 Noon

We will be congregating at the Mateship Memorial in Heroes Grove, which is in Golden Gate Park. Following the short ceremony, we will retire to the East Meadow Picnic Area and enjoy a BYO picnic with friends.
Ample parking is available at the Music Concourse Parking Garage.
There is limit on numbers attending this outdoor event. All are welcome and your friends are too.
We apologize for the late notification but it was very difficult to confirm the appropriate venue. Many thanks to SFAussies for their great job of getting it all sorted

 

KIWI PICNIC July 2022

After two years of waiting, we can now toss those gumboots, try our luck in the sack race, laugh over the egg and spoon race, go wild over the lolly scramble and fire up the Barbie!  Hooray.
This is our signature family event for the year, back by popular demand, at the Carousel Picnic Ground in Tilden Park.

Save this date and be sure to let you friends know how much fun this is; we welcome you all, as we get to show and share some of our Kiwi spirit.

Date: July 31st
Start: 11:00 AM
Extra special: We will be debuting some SF Kiwis merchandise and are very excited to be sharing this with you at the picnic!

If you have penchant for Kiwi games, Kiwi Trivia, and otherwise helping with the organization of this really fun family event, then please reach out to us as info@sfkiwis.com. We really appreciate any help you can offer. Thank you.

NZAASF: Our mission is to promote and foster good relations between NZ and the US through a variety of social and cultural events held in the Bay Area.

ANZAC Day – San Francsico

We received this from our colleagues in the SFKiwi’s organization.


ANZAC 2022 commemorative service. Open to all. Please join us at the Mateship Memorial in Heroes Grove in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park Sunday April 24 at 12 p.m. for a short service.

Following this you are invited to a BYO picnic at the 14th Ave. East Meadow Picnic area.

Massive thanks to the sfaussies for sorting out the venue and taking the lead on the organizing. FYI this is not being streamed this year.

Looking forward to catching up with a lot of you again on Sunday!

Virtual Ceremony: ANZAC Day 2021

Earlier today the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 25 (representing the San Francisco Bay area) partnered with the Australian American Chamber of Commerce and the New Zealand American Association of San Francisco to stream a small ANZAC day service from Hero’s Grove in Golden Gate National Park on Sunday, 25 April, which began at 10am. This is a recording of that streamed event.

The Royal Canadian Legion was present at the service to represent the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, which joined the ANZAC forces at Gallipoli. 2021 is an important year for the Regiment and Gallipoli, as only days ago the final caribou statue was installed in Gallipoli, completing the Trail of the Caribou (i.e., the sites where the Royal Newfoundland regiment fought during World War I).

News Release: Today We Remember ANZAC Day, April, 25, 2021

An item from Merchant Navy Commemorative Theme Project.


Dear Sir/Madam:

Please find attached the News Release: Today We Remember ANZAC Day, April 25, 2021, with a quote from the Honourable Andrew Furey, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, for reference.

My very best regards,

Stéphane Ouellette
President and Chief Executive Officer
Merchant Navy Commemorative Theme Project (MNCTP)/
Founder/President
Colonel John Gardam Lifetime Achievement Award Institute

Tel: 613.421.9005
E-mail: ouellettes@rogers.com
Website: www.alliedmerchantnavy.com

Attachment: News Release-Today We Remember ANZAC Day- April 25, 2021.pdf

105 years since the very first Anzac Day

From the folks at NZ History.


Today marks 105 years since the very first Anzac Day in 1916, and 100 years since Anzac Day was first commemorated as an official public holiday, following the passage of the Anzac Day Act 1920.

Learn more about the history of Anzac Day in Aoteaora/New Zealand here: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/anzac-day/introduction

We’ve also got a range of features and resources about New Zealand at war here: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war-and-society