Ever wonder why Veterans Day is on the 11^th and does not change? World War 1 ended on the 11^th month on the 11th day on the 11^th hour.

Today, I saw a man selling poppies stop a lady and asked if he could re-position her poppy.  While doing so, he told her she should wear the poppy on the right lapel. The red represents the blood of all those who gave their lives; the black represents the mourning of those who didn’t make it home; and the green leaf represents the grass and crops growing and the future prosperity after the war destroyed so much.  The leaf should be position at 11 o’clock to represent the 11^th hour of the 11^th day of the 11^th month, the time that World War 1 formally ended.

The gentleman was worried that younger generations wouldn’t understand this and his generation wouldn’t be around for much longer to teach them.  We must remember those from our current wars also!!