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Souvenons nous (let us not forget) VE Day 1945
2020-05-08
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as VE Day (United Kingdom) or V-E Day (US), is a day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945, marking the end of World War II in Europe.
Posted by:Besoeker

#11  "I had a choice: to ask the family to take me home, or stay with Doug so that he wasn't alone"
Posted by: Lex   2020-05-08 17:35  

#10  Love it!
Thank you, Frank
Posted by: Lex   2020-05-08 17:19  

#9  Lex, I'm partial to this version as he was on his way out
Posted by: Frank G   2020-05-08 17:00  

#8  From March 20 of this year:

Wartime heroine Dame Vera Lynn rallies the nation as she turns 103
Posted by: Lex   2020-05-08 16:40  

#7  We'll meet again,
Don't know where, don't know when,
But I know we'll meet again
Some sunny day.
Keep smiling through,
Just like you always do,
'Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away
Posted by: Lex   2020-05-08 16:31  

#6  /\ Many of his views were ahead of their time, namely his personal assessments of Islam. He had honed at least some of his opinions on horseback, far from the shores of Albion.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-05-08 15:48  

#5  Churchill announces the end of the war in Europe. In 1940 some members of the British aristocracy called him a "half-breed" because his mother was Amercian.
Posted by: Matt   2020-05-08 15:31  

#4  Very Lynn sings
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-05-08 13:37  

#3  Just as the dems will find a need to skip over Biden this fall, watch Britain decide the royal family is no longer necessary.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-05-08 13:07  

#2  Seconded. Blimey's lucky she's still Queen.

Notice how a couple weeks ago, in her message to the realm re COVID, the Queen made an unmistakeable reference to wartime memories of Vera Lynn songs with her closing comment, "We will meet again."
Posted by: Lex   2020-05-08 12:27  

#1  B, thanks for posting. This is pure sentimentality on my part, but I find it somehow reassuring that the young lady standing on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with her parents is still the Queen. Her barmy family aside, she's one of our last visible human links to that great victory. Photos here, including Brits waving American flags.
Posted by: Matt   2020-05-08 12:22  

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