My wife and I are both veterans. We're retired and raise beef cattle on a farm. Except for spending a few minutes this morning putting small American flags out at the family cemetery on the graves of military veteran family members, we will neither observe nor celebrate the day.
It is not a "holiday" for us. Raising cattle doesn't lend itself to time off "celebrating" or "observing" holidays. There are no holidays on the farm. One day is like any other. I have a long list of chores to do today that one could not possibly call observing or celebrating or anything else but working.
I think your complaint is unwarranted. Let people celebrate or observe or mourn however they want. It's not up to you to decide that.
Watch “Watter’s World on Memorial Day”...
Please see my reply to “HotHunt.”
I cannot decide for others but, thanks to the sacrifice of the living (including you and your wife - Thank You) and the dead, I can voice an opinion.
Thanks for yours.