Shaving on Yom HaAtzmaut

One rabbi told me I might as well eat a porkchop to celebrate if I want to shave. Another has told me that it is, amongst Zionist Jews, nearly a requirement to shave for the holiday if you normally shave for holidays. Curious about this sub’s take!

EDIT FOR CLARITY: Yom HaAtzmaut is during Sefirat HaOmer, wherein we observe mourning practices in memory of R’ Akiva’s students who died from plague during this period. One of these mourning practices is refraining from shaving / cutting hair.