This is an email I received from my kids school.
Our students watched this short 2 minute video in remembrance of Veteran’s Day
I hope you will also take time to watch
& discuss the importance of honoring our Vets
Our Middle School & High School Student Councils have donated enough money to pay for one Vet to participate in the Washington Honor Tour
We are proud of our students and your children
This is the video, with the story behind the video following.
On November 11, 1999 Terry Kelly was in a drug store in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. At 10:55 AM an announcement came over the stores PA asking customers who would still be on the premises at 11:00 AM to give two minutes of silence in respect to the veterans who have sacrificed so much for us.
Terry was impressed with the stores leadership role in adopting the Legions two minutes of silence initiative. He felt that the stores contribution of educating the public to the importance of remembering was commendable.
When eleven oclock arrived on that day, an announcement was again made asking for the two minutes of silence to commence. All customers, with the exception of a man who was accompanied by his young child, showed their respect.
Terrys anger towards the father for trying to engage the stores clerk in conversation and for setting a bad example for his child was channeled into a beautiful piece of work called, A Pittance of Time. Terry later recorded A Pittance of Time and included it on his full-length music CD, The Power of the Dream.
Thank You to the Royal Canadian Legion Todmorden Branch #10 and Woodbine Height Branch #2 for their participation in the Video.
Please visit www.terry-kelly.com
Mike,
I enjoyed Terry Kelly’s “A Pittance of Time.” It reminded me of another time many years ago when I was a child during WW2. My father was too old for the draft, my brother was too young–but my 3 maternal uncles volunteered and were “over there” as it was described in those days. Years later my husband served in the Korean War. But the public didn’t show the same level of respect for veterans of war by that time–and politics got in the way. I was surprised. Because during WW2 people at home sacrificed, too. Many things were rationed and there were U.S. bond rallies to raise money for the war effort and school kids joined their parents in saving “tin foil” and moms saved cooking fats, and dads planted Victory gardens and walked at times to save gasoline and worn rubber tires on the one family car–all for the war effort. Military men and women were given great respect. They deserved it. And today’s men and women in the military, like those of the past and those of the future, deserve our sincere respect and our prayers. Without them we might not have the privilege of singing God Bless America. Without them we wouldn’t have the luxury of even 2 minutes of the precious FREEDOM we too often take for granted. Politics aside–and this point is important–these are our sons and our daughters who risk their lives for us. When they serve they show us and the world what they’re made of. When we can’t spare 2 minutes to show our respect for and our appreciation of them, we are (sad to say) showing what we’re made of.
THAT video gave me goosebumps! NEAT one, am proud of Mepo school for that!!