Armistice Day - 11/11/12

[jmurray01]

It doesn't seem like a year since the last one (which was also a palindrome) but there you go, time flies.

To all those who have served and are serving, you have our utmost respect and praise.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

Yes, for everyone who served: THANK YOU!

 

[bakerg]

In Canada we call it Rememberance Day.:wink:
Here's the famous poem, In Flanders fields .:biggrin:

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

In the U.S. we call it Veterans Day.

 

[Two-Stroke]

In the USA, it was originally called "Armistice Day" -- the day that fighting ceased in the Great War (WWI, the "War to End All Wars").

However in 1954, after WWII and the Korean War, the holiday was renamed "Veterans Day" to honor veterans of all wars.

I remember, as a child in the 1950s, that people had to get used to the name change.

 

[066]

"We will remember them"
Both Prince Charles & Camilla were here in N.Z. for Armistice day.