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Forwarded by J. P. Moore

Tomorrow is the 11th day of the 11th month. 
At eleven a.m. veterans across the country will commemorate 
not just the end of WW-1 but the memory of those who died.

I thought the below poem typifies those ceremonies. 
Please pass it along to others on the NIKE net.
Thank you -
Angus "Scotty" Robinson

Don't forget Veterans Day!

        IN MEMORY OF DEPARTED COMRADES

          Do not stand at my grave and weep;
          I am not there. I do not sleep.

          I am a thousand winds that blow;
          I am the diamond glints on snow.
          I am the sunlight on ripened grain;

          I am the gentle autumn's rain.
          When you awaken in the morning's hush,

          I am the swift uplifting rush
          Of quiet birds in circled flight.

          I am the soft star that shines at night.
          Do not stand at my grave and cry.

          I am not there; I did not die in vain as
              long as my sacrifice is not forgotten.

(Author Unknown)