Well, some communities continue the tradition.  My lake community in Van Zandt County, Texas, commemorated the day ... today ... with just such a ceremony.  The community has been doing this at least since my wife and I built our lakehouse at Callender Lake in 1996.  I guess the country folk in East Texas have not yet received the memo that such events need not be memorialized. DICK FOLKERTH Dallas and Callender Lake --- On Sun, 11/11/12, George <smedley.george@att.net> wrote: From: George <smedley.george@att.net> Subject: [PaOldC] Armistice Day To: "PaOldCh" <pa-old-chester-l@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, November 11, 2012, 10:09 AM Back in the 1930's my father and I would walk to the "National Cemetery on Limekiln Pike on Armistice Day.At 11:00 A.M. they would blow all the sirens and everyone would stop what they were doing for one minute and with hand over heart honored the fallen soldiers.What ever became of that tradition? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PA-OLD-CHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Happily, I also live in the small town of Edenton, NC where 'the day' is celebrated with several gatherings and remembrances and where 'the memo' has also not surfaced, or more probably, ignored in favor of patriotism and tradition. Candy Roth -------------------------------------------------- From: "Richard Folkerth" <folkerth1@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 11:14 PM To: "PaOldCh" <pa-old-chester-l@rootsweb.com>; "George" <smedley.george@att.net> Subject: Re: [PaOldC] Armistice Day > Well, some communities continue the tradition. My lake community in Van > Zandt County, Texas, commemorated the day ... today ... with just such a > ceremony. The community has been doing this at least since my wife and > I built our lakehouse at Callender Lake in 1996. I guess the country folk > in East Texas have not yet received the memo that such events need not be > memorialized. > > DICK FOLKERTH > Dallas and Callender Lake > > --- On Sun, 11/11/12, George <smedley.george@att.net> wrote: > > From: George <smedley.george@att.net> > Subject: [PaOldC] Armistice Day > To: "PaOldCh" <pa-old-chester-l@rootsweb.com> > Date: Sunday, November 11, 2012, 10:09 AM > > Back in the 1930's my father and I would walk to the "National Cemetery on > Limekiln Pike on Armistice Day.At 11:00 A.M. they would blow all the > sirens and everyone would stop what they were doing for one minute and > with hand over heart honored the fallen soldiers.What ever became of that > tradition? >