As a former social studies teacher, I would hazard a guess that many
Americans do not realize that Veterans day has it's roots in
the Armistice of WWI and do not know that 11:11:11 means.
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Patrick and Caroline Quinn <
p_cquinn at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> G'day
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> Two very important days.
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> I can see how Armistice Day (Nov 11th) could easily evolved into Veteran's
> Day. Does the country observe a minute's silence at 11am on the 11th
> November like they do here? Armistice Day is not a holiday in Australia.
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> Hoo Roo
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> Patrick Quinn
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> Sydney, Australia
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> From: HealeyRick [mailto:healeyrick at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 29 May 2012 11:13 AM
> To: 'richard mayor'; 'healeys'; Patrick and Caroline Quinn
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Memorial Day
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> Patrick,
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> Just to clarify a bit, Memorial Day is a federal holiday and celebrated
> nationwide. And although it's generally seen as the first weekend of
> summer
> its real significance is to honor our countrymen and women who have died in
> battle. Veteran's Day (Nov. 11) is our day to respect those who serve and
> have served in our military.
>
> Rick
>
> Follow My Nasty Boy Build: http://tinyurl.com/yj52fwo
>
> --- On Mon, 5/28/12, Patrick and Caroline Quinn <p_cquinn at tpg.com.au>
> wrote:
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> From: Patrick and Caroline Quinn <p_cquinn at tpg.com.au>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Memorial Day
> To: "'richard mayor'" <mayorrichard at hotmail.com>, "'healeys'"
> <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Date: Monday, May 28, 2012, 8:40 PM
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> G'day
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> Many thanks for letting me know about Memorial Day. I wait until tomorrow
> to
> contact my colleague.
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> Hoo Roo
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>
>
> Patrick Quinn
>
> Sydney, Australia
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