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Remembering tomorrow - November 11th

Tomorrow is Veterans Day in the USA, Remembrance Day in Canada. A couple of things to think about. From User Friendly:
Click for full-size... From Maggie's Farm comes a shout out to the United States Marines who are having a birthday party. Over in England, The First World War Poetry Digital Archive has come online today. Ostensibly for Poetry, there are a lot of amazing photographs, film clips and other writings available for viewing and thinking about. Finally, from our brothers to the north comes this powerful song from Terry Kelly. A bit of backstory from his website:

A Pittance of Time
On November 11, 1999 Terry Kelly was in a drug store in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. At 10:55 AM an announcement came over the store�s PA asking customers who would still be on the premises at 11:00 AM to give two minutes of silence in respect to the veterans who have sacrificed so much for us.

Terry was impressed with the store�s leadership role in adopting the Legion�s �two minutes of silence� initiative. He felt that the store�s contribution of educating the public to the importance of remembering was commendable.

When eleven o�clock arrived on that day, an announcement was again made asking for the �two minutes of silence� to commence. All customers, with the exception of a man who was accompanied by his young child, showed their respect.

Terry�s anger towards the father for trying to engage the store�s clerk in conversation and for setting a bad example for his child was channeled into a beautiful piece of work called, �A Pittance of Time�. Terry later recorded �A Pittance of Time� and included it on his full-length music CD, �The Power of the Dream�.

I will leave you with A Pittance of Time Posted by DaveH at November 10, 2008 9:00 PM