http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton#World_War_I
First_Armistice occurred at 11AM on 11-11-1918.
"The first official Armistice Day was subsequently held on the grounds of Buckingham Palace on the morning of 11 November 1919."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Day
Armistice_Day is always on 11-11.
This big 11 took 11 years to construct & would indirectly become an 11-11 memorial.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_National_Vimy_Memorial
"...Hucker suggests that the memorial transcends the Battle of Vimy Ridge and now serves as an enduring image of the whole of the First World War, while concurrently expressing the enormous impact of war in general."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_National_Vimy_Memorial#Sociocultural_influence
"A report of the focus group study stated that most Canadians either did not recognize or were unaware of the Vimy Memorial, and thought the image represented the twin towers of the World Trade Center..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Series#20_note
11-11 & 9-11
The big 11 & the GIANT 11
