In our town, at 11am, the fire horn sounded and the church bells rang in rememberance.
I want to share another story of another time:
Last year at Christmas Time, I was in Walmart's. I saw a gentleman who had on a cap with the information about his service on it. Obviously from his age, he had been in WWII.
I went up to him and his wife and said "Thank you for serving and protecting me in my youth."
With tears in his eyes he said, "Thank You! You just made my Christmas and probably all my future days too!"