Today is the 11th Day of the 11th Month

[Mitch D]

At the risk of upsetting some of the more delicate types I thought I would bring you all the words to a song I heard today. I am not a person whom is easily brought to shows of emotions but this one made even my eyes mist up.


A Pittance Of Time
Written by Terry Kelly

They fought and some died for their homeland
They fought and some died now it’s our land
Look at his little child, there’s no fear in her eyes
Could he not show respect for other dads who have died?

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

God forgive me for wanting to strike him
Give me strength so as not to be like him
My heart pounds in my breast, fingers pressed to my lips
My throat wants to bawl out, my tongue barely resists

But two minutes I will bide
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

Read the letters and poems of the heroes at home
They have casualties, battles, and fears of their own
There’s a price to be paid if you go, if you stay
Peace is fought for and won in numerous ways

Take two minutes would you mind?
It’s a pittance of time
For the boys and the girls all over
May we never forget our young become vets
At the end of the line it’s a pittance of time

It takes courage to fight in your own war
It takes courage to fight someone else’s war
Our peacekeepers tell of their own living hell
They bring hope to foreign lands that the hatemongers can’t kill.

Take two minutes, would you mind?
It’s a pittance of time
For the boys and the girls who go over
In peacetime our best still don battle dress
And lay their lives on the line.
It’s a pittance of time

In Peace may they rest, lest we forget why they died.
Take a pittance of time


Please, while we all carry on with our busy lives remember to take two minutes to remember those that served thier countries. As the song says "It’s a pittance of time"

For you that would like to hear the song here is a link:

http://www.terry-kelly.com/videos.htm

The song is quite naturally called "A Pittance Of Time"

[dunos]

It is tradition in the UK for people to wear a poppy on November 11th.

http://www.durrans.com/tmp/poppy.jpg

More information here: http://www.poppy.org/

Regards,

Dan.

[arnage2]

hehe. ive never heard of that tradition

[Darius Wey]

hehe. ive never heard of that tradition

It's known as Rememberance Day here in Australia: to remember those that have died in the war.

At 11am on the 11th of November, we pause to reflect upon the sacrifice of those people who have suffered in wars and conflicts in the past.

[upplepop]

In USA, we call it Veteran's Day (http://www1.va.gov/vetsday/)

[Jacob]

hehe. ive never heard of that tradition

It's known as Rememberance Day here in Australia: to remember those that have died in the war.

At 11am on the 11th of November, we pause to reflect upon the sacrifice of those people who have suffered in wars and conflicts in the past.

I believe it's the whole British Commonwealth that calls it "remembrance day" - I know it is in Canada too.

Wearing the poppy on your coat is also a tradition in Canada.

My respect to all that have served and are serving their country today.

[dunos]

hehe. ive never heard of that tradition

To quote from the Royal British Legion website:

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, the First World War ended. Some of the bloodiest fighting of World War One took place in the Flanders and Picardy regions of Northern France. The poppy was the only thing which grew in the aftermath of the complete devastation. John McCrae, a doctor serving there with the Canadian Armed Forces, deeply inspired and moved by what he saw.

McCrae wrote the poem In Flanders' Fields (http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/who/poppy_history.asp).

The first official Legion Poppy Day was held in Britain on 11 November 1921, inspired by the poem In Flanders' Fields. Since then the Poppy Appeal has been a key annual event in the nation's calendar.