Was the shift contentious? To many, celebrating a day of peace, an end to war and the return of those troops we sent in our name would be something to affirm.
Why did the shift take place? Did the shift represent a deliberate “whiting out” of pacifist, engaging only in Just Wars or more generally anti-war and non-interventionalist movements in the US and UK (my understanding is that France still celebrates Armistice Day (although I’m unsure if it’s solely about the end of WWI, or for all wars))?
If so, was this contentious, and how did the hawks win?
How did what seems to commemorate a global end to senseless wars, including the troops, transform into a holiday that more narrowly supports only the troops?
It seems especially irksome in the US, were we have both a Veteran’s Day and a Memorial Day, yet some might argue the best way to honor our men and women in uniform is to not ask them to needlessly fight in the first place.
Remembrance Day in canada is also celebrated on November 11th. It was originally called armistice day, but was changed in 1931.
Canada didn't abandon armistice day, but just renamed it, and future wars are remembered under its umbrella.
The shift took place because it was a celebration of the end of the 1st world war, it left those who fought in the 2nd world war in the lurch.