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Some towns in various states still celebrate V-J day. Moosup, Connecticut holds an annual V-J day parade on the 2nd Sunday in August, and holds the distinction of being the oldest continuous parade celebrating V-J day since the actual surrender of the Japanese in 1945. Arkansas was the only other state to make the holiday official statewide ...
News of the Japanese acceptance of the surrender terms was announced to the American public via radio at 7 p.m. on 14 August, sparking massive celebrations of the end of the war. A photograph, V-J Day in Times Square, of an American sailor kissing a woman in New York, and a news film of the Dancing Man in Sydney have come to epitomize the ...
What's V-J Day? Victory over Japan Day is the anniversary of Japan's formal surrender to the Allies. In August of 1945 news of the surrender was announced and celebrations erupted all across the ...
V-J Day in Times Square, a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, was published in Life in 1945 with the caption, "In New York's Times Square a white-clad girl clutches her purse and skirt as an uninhibited sailor plants his lips squarely on hers" Alfred Eisenstaedt signing a copy of his famous V-J Day in Times Square photograph during the afternoon of August 23, 1995, while sitting in his Menemsha ...
Aug. 4—SOUTH CAROLINA — The Second World War was a bloody conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The war was waged between the Axis powers, which included Germany, Italy and Japan, and the ...
The Moosup VJ Day Parade, one of only a few in the country, will kick-off its 63rd march on Sunday. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
That Labor Day weekend marked the end of nearly four years of devastation, loss and sacrifice for the nation. More than 300,000 Americans in the armed services died in Europe and the Pacific arenas. The very next year, Arma celebrated its VJ Day in connection with homecoming activities, and the V-J Homecoming Celebration was born. [24]
On Monday, the Ocean State celebrates Victory Day, which marks the end of World War II with the surrender of Japan on Aug. 14, 1945.