Good Day all Forum readers. At 11 o'clock on this 11th day of November, We invite you to Share with Us, 2 minutes of Silence in Honour of our Veterans.
"On November 11, 1999 Terry Kelly (the singer of this tribute) was in a store in Nova Scotia, Canada. 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.
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 later channeled into "A Pittance of Time".
At 11:00am on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the guns fell silent on the Western Front and World War 1, The Great War, the war to End All Wars, ended after more than four years of fighting.
And so it is at 11am on 11 November we pause to remember the sacrifice.Take two minutes, would you mind? It's a pittance of time, For the boys and the girls who went over. In peace may they rest, may we never forget why they died. It's a pittance of time.
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