The unfortunate part about individualistic, atomistic American culture is that despite all this cheap patriotism, at the same time there rarely are solemn patriotic displays such as military parades on national holidays
Plus, that would shift the focus even more away from the sacrifices of individual veterans and toward even greater glorification of the military as an institution.
There is no reason to think military parades would increase jingoism-France does them yet they are much less enthusiastic than us about engaging in foreign wars. The problem rn is that Veteran's Day tends to be ignored by much of the population, allowing the most jingoistic among us to monopolize it.
What do you mean "France does them?" You mean they have parades celebrating the military or the military actually marches through the streets as part of some solemn national holiday that everyone is expected to participate in? If you're referring to the former, the US already has those. If you're referring to the latter, that's frankly disturbing and even if it wouldn't increase jingoism per say it would certainly increase the degree to which the military is treated as a hallowed, unquestionable institution. Since the US military is inevitably going to be more interventionist than the French, this would increase support for and an unquestioning attitude toward any and all military actions.
Sorry, but I really don't see how replacing a "holiday" where people make inane "They protect our freedoms!!" Facebook posts (crap like that gets said all year round anyway) with an actual holiday where the military is worshipped as a sacred institution deserving "solemn" national celebration.
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