In the USA there are only 14 veterans of WW1 still living. In Canada there are 3 still living.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surviving_veterans_of_World_War_ILest we forget!
Also, take a moment this veteran's day to remember those lives lost in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
John McCrae
1872-1918
Died of pneumonia in 1918
while on active duty