The eleventh
hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month - November 11th, at 11:00 am - that is when
the armistice (cease fire) began in 1918, unofficially ending World War I. This Veteran's
Day tribute is by Canadian citizen Terry Kelly. It was written
after an experience he had on Veterans Day in 1999. Terry went blind at an early age, but
has excelled as an athlete and a musician. "A Pittance of Time" is done in the finest Celtic tradition.
"World War I – known at the time as 'The Great War' - officially ended when the Treaty
of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of
Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary
cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh
hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, 1918, is generally
regarded as the end of 'the war to end all wars.'" "In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed
November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: 'To us in
America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism
of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because
of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America
to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…'"
Arlington National Cemetery
In his
1954 Veterans Day Proclamation, President Dwight D. Eisenhower called for the formation
of a Veterans Day National Committee to oversee national planning and coordination of the
Veterans Day observance.
U.S. Constitution: Article IV,
Section. 4. "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form
of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the
Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic
Violence."
They fought and some died for their homeland. They fought and some died, now it's our
land. Look at his little child; there's no fear in her eyes. Could he not show respect
for other dads who have died?
Take two minutes, would you mind? It's a pittance of time, For the boys and the
girls who went over. In peace may they rest, may we never Forget why they died.
It's a pittance of time.
God forgive me for wanting to strike him. Give me strength so as not to be like him.
My heart pounds in my breast, fingers pressed to my lips, My throat wants to fall out,
my tongue barely resists.
But two minutes I will bide. It's a pittance of time, For the boys and the girls
who went over. In peace may they rest. May we never forget why they died. It's a
pittance of time.
Read the letters and poems of the heroes at home. They have casualties, battles, and
fears of their own. There's a price to be paid if you go, if you stay. Freedom's fought
for and won in numerous ways.
Take two minutes, would you mind? It's a pittance of time, For the boys and the
girls all over. May we never forget, our young become vets. At the end of the line,
It's a pittance of time.
It takes courage to fight in your own war. It takes courage to fight someone else's
war. Our peacekeepers tell of their own living hell. They bring hope to foreign lands
that hate mongers can't kill.
Take two minutes, would you mind? It's a pittance of time, For the boys and the
girls who go over. In peacetime our best still don battle dress And lay their lives
on the line. It's a pittance of time
In peace may they rest, Lest we forget why they died, Take a pittance of time.
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