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Hilary--sounds like the way it was celebrated in the U.S.A. The Flanders fields poem is by John McCrae, according to our copy of Bartlett's Quotations. I had to look it up, couldn't remember either ! >It was called Armistice Day in the South Africa of my childhood. We stopped >everything we were doing at 11 am and observed 2 minutes silence. And people >stood on street corners for weeks before, selling little cloth poppies for >one's lapel, to raise money far veterans.And my mother would always recite, at >the slightest opportunity , either one of two poems. I can only remember the >opening lines of each, and neither poet. Maybe someone can help me" > >If I should die, think only this of me Just remembered- >THere is some corner of a foreign field Rupert Brooke >that is forever England...... > >and > > >In Flanders Fields the poppies grow >Between the gravestones, row on row....... > >hilary blue > > >janet paterson wrote: >> >> At 13:28 1999/11/11 -0500, you wrote: >> >Yes, Janet. WW I ended on Nov. 11, 1918. Used to be called Armistice >> >Day. >> >Teresa Marcy >> >> hi >> >> i forgot to add that it is called Remembrance Day here >> and poppies [plastic !] are sold and worn in memory >> >> janet >> >> janet paterson >> 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset >> e-mail - [log in to unmask] >> web-site - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/ > > JUST 0000000 > TO 0/ 0 000 > SAY HI! 0| o o |0 CAMILLA > 0| ^ |0 >. ......... ...o00o..........\.. *.. ./.......o00o........... >| | | | | | | | | >| | | | | | | | | > ><[log in to unmask]> > > http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/camilla/one.htm >