. . . "Unless I???m mistaken, I think Remembrance Day in Commonwealth Countries is essentially what Memorial Day is in the US. I???ve always thought that one of the reasons why Veterans???/Armistice/Remembrance Day has never seemed to be as big a deal in the US as it is in Canada and other Commonwealth countries is because in the US we already had our own day to honor war dead, Memorial/Decoration Day, w" .