It lasted into the 1970's when Veterans Day became the Monday always holiday and quite suddenly the minute of silence seems to have gone away. Well with the exception of ceremonies at cemeteries. Eliz On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 11:09 AM, George <smedley.george@att.net> wrote: > 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