Janey

thanks B'o'R for the poem. It's very moving. And thanks Averett for posting the information. It's not just canadian, I know americans do call it Veteran's Day, I'm not sure about the rest of the world (or what it is in Germany)

According to the radio, Remembrance Day ceremonies have been taking place every year here, since 1918 and now incorporates WW2 vets and the Korean conflict Vets. I often wondered how it was observed during WW2.

I know I remember the assemblies at school when i was a kid, where we all sat in the aud or the cafeteria, and listened to Flanders Fields, and a trumpeter would stand in the hallway and play the last post, followed by the silence, then Oh Canada.

The Veterens have been selling poppies outside of stores and in malls for the past 2 weeks.