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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/