While this blog still has a bit of an audience, I want to share this with all of you:
On November 11, 1999 Terry Kelly was in a Shoppers Drug Mart store in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. At 10:55 AM an announcement came over the store's 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 store's leadership role in adopting the Legion's "two minutes of silence" initiative. He felt that the store's contribution of educating the public to the importance of remembering was commendable.
When eleven o'clock 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.
Terry's anger towards the father for trying to engage the store's clerk in conversation and for setting a bad example for his child was later 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".
You can find out more about Terry Kelly and the song at his website: http://www.terry-kelly.com/pittance/pittance_en.htm
Please take a few minutes to watch the video and reflect on those who've given so much for all of us:
Thanks Guys.
3 comments:
Beautiful. Thank you for posting this here.
Very nice, Earl.
Thanks, Earl, Dan, Johnny, Kit, Epicurus, Phyllis, Jim (USMC) and my dear father, for the sacrifices you made. My apologies to those I forgot.
Yesterday I realized the importance of our brave men and women in uniform. As much as I support their efforts around the world, even in unpopular wars, I also wish they were at home, because we need them here as well, because they have a light that shines in this present darkness.
Yesterday I came across two things that really caused me great alarm. The first one came at about six in the morning. An AOL article inappropriately titled an article about the recent documents discovered that provided a blueprint for Hitler's evil plan to build a facility for genocide.
To paraphrase the title, it said that this document provided proof that the Holocaust happened. As a history major, and an American with some common sense, I felt my blood pressure shoot through the roof.
As if we need more evidence to convince a small, but vocal group of idiots who repeatly deny that the Holocaust happened.
Later that day, I listened to the radio, and the DJ was speaking about his loved one who helped liberate one of death camps of the Third Reich as a WWII veteran.
I admit that I am an alarmist, and I'm sure that you all have noticed that about me, too. But hear me out.
The number of World War II Veterans who saw first hand the menacing aftermath of Hitlers' murderous regime--the S. S. in particular--is dwindling everyday. The number of WWII Veterans who are at the end of their long lifespans is growing everyday. Once the light of the Greatest Generation is gone, and their forceful, though sometimes rebellious Baby Boomer children reach an old age, only the timid and pragmatic Generation X will be around to fight the forces of hatred in this country. This includes me and my age group.
The numbers of these liars who deny that the Holocaust ever happened will swell, and while there are museaums and libraries of evidence to prove that this evil event occurred, it will be hard to produce this evidence around the water cooler at work when someone raises inappropriate questions.
Our Veterans are a light in a dark world. We cannot afford to lose them.
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