For those of you who may not know Armistice was declared on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 between the Allied troops and Germany. A peace treaty was signed in Compiene, France officially ending World War 1. For many years November 11 was known as Armistice Day. Paper poppies were sold everywhere in honor of those who lay in Flanders Field having given their lives for peace and freedom.