We have different remeberences in the US for days such as these. Memorial day is probably the best organized; we rememeber all those who gave their in service of their country's military. I like the Armistice Day traditions you speak of, but we do not have a similar one in the US; I think it would be considered too close to prayer, and therefore offensive. Moments of silence in public places are typically challenged in the US as violations of the separation of church and state.

Pearl Harbor day, for me is one that sticks out inmy mind. I cannot understand why it has so little significance to us, since it had such an impact on our world. We suffered huge losses, in particular; human - but we lost nearly our entire Pacific navy, as well. We simply misunderstood the importance of our strength, and the capacity of our enemy (now, thankfully,former enemy). For our lack of vigilance we paid a very high price in deed, and were very lucky it didn't cost us more.