President Donald Trump Late Thursday, it announced plans to designate May 8 as the US World War II “Victory Day.”
Trump is a true social, admitting that “many of our allies and friends” would already celebrate on May 8th, but said the US should participate because “more than any other country did what produced a victory outcome.”
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File: President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will take part in the Wreath Innovation Ceremony at the WWII Memorial Ceremony in Washington, DC, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of their victory on Europe Day, May 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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World War II It officially ended later this year on September 2nd, when Japan signed the tool of surrender, but about a week after Japan waving a white flag on August 14th, when the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The United States does not have any official holidays specifically to commemorate World War II, but there have been memory ceremonies across the country for decades in May, August and September.
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Former President Harry Truman, who had been appointed at the end of World War II, issued a declaration on August 14, 1946, declaring “Victory on Japan’s Day.”
President Harry S. Truman congratulates Hershel “Woody” Williams for his actions at the Battle of Iwo Jima in October 1945. (US Department of Defense)
“And I call on the American people to observe the Day of Victory as a Day of Prayer and High Resolution, as a Day of Devotion, both men and women, where the victory of sacrifice has been achieved, and as a Day of Prayer and High Resolution, where the causes of justice, freedom, peace and international goodwill are not encouraged by efforts inspired by the Valle of the courageous army. I’ve read Truman’s declaration, Partially.
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In the same post, Trump said November 11th would be recognized as follows: World War I: “Victory Day.”
The American troops northeast of St. Michael in France cheered after hearing news that World War I had ended in November 1918 and that an armistice had been signed. (AP)
“We won both wars. No one was close to us in terms of our strength, courage, or military brilliance, but we never blessed,” the president wrote. “That’s because we don’t have a leader anymore. That’s how we know how to do that! We’re going to start celebrating victory again!”
