Veterans Day - 11/11

[NutmegCT]

To all veterans - thank you for your service!

And if any BCFrs are near Boston, check out the American Heritage Museum in Hudson.

www.americanheritagemuseum.org

Where else could you get a chance to actually drive an M4 Sherman tank?

Thank you vets!
Tom M.

 

[John Turney]

Years ago, I got to drive a more modern tank with the torsion bar suspension. No better off-road driving.

 

[Hamish Racing]

We will be honouring a 2 minutes silence today at 11am
And again on Remembrance Sunday here in the uk
Do you do poppies ?

Poppy Appeal 2025 - Key Dates, Purpose & FAQs | Royal British Legion

The Poppy Appeal is the Royal British Legion’s biggest fundraising campaign held in November. Get involved and support our Armed Forces community.

www.britishlegion.org.uk

 

[NutmegCT]

We will be honouring a 2 minutes silence today at 11am
And again on Remembrance Sunday here in the uk
Do you do poppies ?

Poppy Appeal 2025 - Key Dates, Purpose & FAQs | Royal British Legion

The Poppy Appeal is the Royal British Legion’s biggest fundraising campaign held in November. Get involved and support our Armed Forces community.

www.britishlegion.org.uk

Some people follow the poppy tradition in the USA, but usually only on Memorial Day (last day in May), to remember those who lost their lives in wartime.

Here's a Daily Mail article on disabled WW1 vets making the "Flanders Field" poppies in a factory 100 years ago - 1922.

Archive images reveal WWI veterans in Poppy Factory in Richmond

The photos, which were shared with MailOnline to mark the Poppy Factory's centenary, show veterans at work as they put together poppies in the 1920s and 1930s.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Many of the original set of workers were severely disabled vets:

I wish we in the USA would follow the British tradition, and set aside at least a minute of silence each year, to remember those we've lost.

Tom M.

 

[JPSmit]

Canada is much more like Britain in this respect - very much poppies and two minutes silence. There will also be services at cenotaphs (war memorials) About 10 minutes ago I watched a fellow walk past my house in full dress uniform - kilt and all. I presume a piper but, nice to see. We also don't have veterans day sales at all.

 

[Basil]

Thanks Tom. Reminder to all the BCF Vets - long list of Companies that offer free meals, special deals and discounts to Vets today (We're going to Dennys this morning).

2025 Veterans Day Free Meals and Restaurant Deals and Discounts

Restaurants are saluting Veterans Day with free meals and discounts for veterans, service members and their families.

www.military.com

 

[Basil]

A snap I took on recent road trip to Telluride CO.

 

[PAUL161]

 

[DrEntropy]

Our local Veterans Park cancelled ceremonies for yesterday out of concerns over remnants of storm Nicole. Plenty of folks were at the park anyway.

The centerpiece:

 

[Gliderman8]

Our local Veterans Park cancelled ceremonies for yesterday out of concerns over remnants of storm Nicole. Plenty of folks were at the park anyway.

The centerpiece:

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[Basil]

Speaking of Veterans, just a reminder, if your are an Apple user, Apple has a special section for Military and Vets when you can get (usually 10%) off pretty much every product they sell. This is not just for Veterans Day, but year round. From the Apple site, just scroll to the bottom and look for the Military/Veterans link.