I celebrate Armistice Day as Armistice Day, although the Americans changed it to Veteran's Day when it became clear that we (the US) was (not were, not since the Civil War) going to continue getting into wars (IMHO). But I prefer to have a day to celebrate the idea of ending war, and mark the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month with thoughts of that (apparently un-American) concept. There is Memorial Day to remember the fallen; Veterans' Day is supposed to celebrate those who went to war and survived, but I cannot celebrate them having gone in the first place, not in my heart.
I feel tremendous sympathy for individuals who have lost loved ones to war, whether those loved ones were combatants or not. But since the end of the draft, anybody going to war (at least for this country) has *volunteered* to do so, and I do not approve of that choice, I do not support that choice, and I wish you wouldn't, especially not in the War on Terror, as it's called here.