# Make Armistice Day Great Again

- community: politics  (politics@lemmy.world)
- author: zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- posted: 2026-11-11T08:08:12.279989Z (4h ago)
- score: 10 · 0 replies
- address: https://dboft.com/post/22186/make-armistice-day-great-again
- link: https://original.antiwar.com/thomas-knapp/2026/11/10/make-armistice-day-great-again/

As a veteran myself I can't agree strongly enough with this

>Worse, though, is what America did with “Armistice Day.” In 1954, Congress replaced the traditional “Armistice Day” observance with a celebratory “Veterans Day.”

>Instead of mourning war, we now celebrate warriors. Parades. Air shows. Political speeches. Free meals, drinks, haircuts, etc. for veterans.  A lot of “thank you for your service” to everyone identifiable as a veteran of the US armed forces; quite a bit of mutual back-slapping among those of us who “served.”