Among the victims of coronavirus is our habit of annual pilgrimage to Anzac Cove in Turkey. And, tied to our houses, we are denied the annual fullness of local Anzac Day remembrance.  

An invisible enemy has slain what is perhaps our nation’s most solemn annual event other than Easter. Both are recognitions in the same month of lives lost and celebrated in sacrifice to achieve great ends.  

Traditions such as these are vital in holding nations together, and in celebrating them we do two things.  

We shed our daily duties; our work and ’to do’ lists, and reflect, with our companions, upon the tradition and its meaning.  

Current events have...