When you observe a moment of silence...

[Raedwulf]

I found myself wondering if others do the same thing

On the 11th day of the 11th Month at 11:00, whether I'm watching the ceremony at home or at work(sadly, our company doesn't observe the holiday, but they do observe the moment of silence)

I usually stand, there's a flag flying by the DeVry Campus outside my window at work, I face it and bow my head

Do others do the same?

[Orangepeel]

I found myself wondering if others do the same thing

On the 11th day of the 11th Month at 11:00, whether I'm watching the ceremony at home or at work(sadly, our company doesn't observe the holiday, but they do observe the moment of silence)

I usually stand, there's a flag flying by the DeVry Campus outside my window at work, I face it and bow my head

Do others do the same?

We observed the moment of silence at work too, but since I work in the basement, there was no flag with which to honour the dead :(.

I, my father before me, and his brother have all marched in the Remeberance Day Parade at home...as cadets and as officers. It's a family thing :). It's an honour to march and be in the band along with the veterans that have served in armed conflicts. They have stories to tell, and their comrades died for our freedom. Respect is due :Thumb.

[Maro]

They did not observe it here :(

Aussies focus more on ANZAC day

[Raedwulf]

I hear you Maro,

Gallipoli was a Clusterflop from the get go

Another war brought Canadians to their own style of Gallipoli, that was the beaches of Dieppe, France... Canadains were chomping at the bit to get in the scrum, but what ***** decided a beach-landing at noon with no air-support was a good thing :tantrum (Mountbatten got a medal for that... I think, but he don't count, he wasn't on the beach)
There were a couple Victoria crosses awarded posthumously for some that made it to the beach and one to a reverend who did survive :(

[Maro]

Yup - Military history is big with me.

The British actually lost more troops at Gallipoli but the ratio Aussies and Kiwis killed compared to their enlistment numbers was huge - a whole generation nearly wiped out.