Silent Minute

The Silent Minute was an historic movement begun in the United Kingdom by Wellesley Tudor Pole. in 1940. During the Second World War people would unite in meditation, prayer or focus (each according to their own belief) and consciously will for peace to prevail. This dedicated minute received the direct support of King George VI, Winston Churchill and his Parliamentary Cabinet. It was also recognised by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and observed on land and at sea on the battlefields, in air raid shelters and in hospitals. With Churchill’s support, the BBC, on Sunday, 10 November 1940, began to play the bells of Big Ben on the radio as a signal for the Silent Minute to begin.

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