MESSAGE #585 - THANK YOU, VETERANS . . .

PART I: THE STORY
PART II: THE VIDEO

PART I: THE STORY
On November 11, 1999 singer
And song writer Terry Kelly
was in a Shoppers Drug Mart store
in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
At 10:55 AM an announcement
came over the store's PA asking
customers who would still be on
the premises at 11:00 AM to give
two minutes of silence in respect
to the veterans who have sacrificed
so much for us.

Terry was impressed with the
store's leadership role in adopting
the Legion's "two minutes of silence"
initiative. He felt that the store's
contribution of educating the public
to the importance of remembering
was commendable.

When eleven o'clock arrived on that day,
an announcement was again made
asking for the "two minutes of silence"
to commence.

All customers, with the exception
of a man who was accompanied
by his young daughter, paid their respects.
Terry's anger towards the father for trying
to engage the store's clerk in conversation
and for setting a bad example for his child
was later channeled into a beautiful piece
of work called, "A Pittance of Time".
Terry later recorded "A Pittance of Time"
and included it on his full-length music CD,
"The Power of the Dream".


PART II: THE VIDEO