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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 | TrackBack