US EditionVE Day 80th anniversary celebrated around the North East
- On May 8, 2025, a thanksgiving service was held at Westminster Abbey to honor the eight decades since Victory in Europe Day, featuring 10-year-old Alexander Churchill, the great-great-grandson of Winston Churchill.
- The anniversary commemorates Germany's unconditional surrender in 1945, which ended World War II in Europe and established VE Day as an annual national observance on May 8.
- Additional events included street parties, memorials, a wartime memorabilia display in Kirkby-in-Furness, a minute of silence for fallen soldiers, and large London gatherings attended by the King and Queen.
- Alexander Churchill said he felt "very honoured" to participate and stressed the importance of young people remembering sacrifices made for freedom and peace.
- The commemorations aimed to honor veterans' contributions and encourage continued public reflection on the sacrifices that secured freedom in Europe.
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VE Day: How the North East celebrated Victory in Europe Day - May 8, 1945
THE war was over. Victory was proclaimed. Bells, free from muffles, rang from every church steeple. Tables, chairs and pianos were tossed out into the street for impromptu parties, and town centres filled up with joyous youth making ‘whoopee’ – to use an Americanism which had come over here during the war.
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