When I was taught about Rememberance Day in grade school it was in the context of the poems "In Flanders Fields" and the one about the mustard gas attack. There was no glorification of war, only gratitude and appreciation or the terror and sacrifice of the soldiers. In Newfoundland part of the discussion was also about the sacrifice of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment as cannon fodder by English officers.

Little Hawk my own experience was the exact opposite of what you hear.