Published 2 years ago

Why only one US state celebrates Victory Day

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Rhode Island established Victory Day in March 1948, almost three years after the end of World War II. About 92,000 Rhode Islanders served in the war, and almost 2,200 of them were killed. Rhode Island has been an outlier with Victory Day since 1975, the year Arkansas adopted a new list of legal holidays.

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The Hill

Why only one US state celebrates Victory Day

One state commemorates the end of World War II the second Monday of August.

2 years ago·Washington, United States

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WPRI 12

Here’s why Rhode Island is the only state that celebrates Victory Day

Monday is Rhode Island’s 74th annual holiday commemorating the end of World War II.

2 years ago·East Providence, United States

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ABC6

Local distillery celebrates National Oyster Day

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The maker of the nation’s only oyster vodka celebrated the official day commemorating the delicious mollusk.The Industrious Spirit Company has distilled the only known oyster vodka, they call it Ostreida.“The only things in it are organic corn, super fresh oysters, sourced somewhere from a farm here in New England,” CEO Manya Rubenstein told ABC 6 News. “We use some of those super fresh oysters as part of the distillati…

2 years ago

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