Congratulations to the Bendetson family and to the federal officials who are working to achieve two minutes of silence on Veterans Day (“A six-year fight for two minutes of silence,’’ Page A1, Oct. 9). This reminds me that this has been done in Britain since 1919.

In 1918, at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the guns fell silent. Ever since, at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, the country falls silent for two minutes. The buses stop, the trains stop, traffic stops. The people stand still. It is a moving experience.

It is a small token of our regard for veterans — those still alive and those who sacrificed so that we could live. I commend the practice.

Tim Hunt

Marblehead

The writer is a dual citizen of Britain and the United States.