What will you be doing to celebrate VE day

[RPJS]

Today is the 60th anniversary of VE Day.<br />Will you be celebrating in any way?.<br />I will be spending the day with my wife at a party. Shes been booked to sing the oldies,Dame Vera Lynn, Glen Miller etc. It should be a good day.

 

[rodbolt]

Re: What will you be doing to celebrate VE day

sounds like great fun. she can sing"bring the boys back home" by pink floyd . me I gotta go put a set of maifolds and risers and a gimbal bearing and bellows on an SX cobra. no fun but it pays the bills.<br />have fun and sing one for the yanks <br /> South Hampton Docks is a good one as well

 

[JRJ]

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Thanks for the reminder. We're all over Mothers Day here. My favorite uncle was a B-17 pilot in England so I'll hoist one in his memory today.

 

[demsvmejm]

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Here's my ignorance, and a reflection on the quality of my history class, what is VE day?

 

[Perfidiajoe]

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Good for her RPJS, I'm happy to hear people still doing things like that. My dad, & most of my uncles were in service during WW II, my uncle, who's house I bought when he passed, made the Normandy invasion D-Day, H- Hour. I grew up hearing all those songs, though they were a little before my time. Years later I became a fan of Big Band music, and so resulted the name of my boat PERFIDIA (from Glenn Miller's version). Enjoy the Day & the event! Joe

 

[Bondo]

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Victory in Europe................<br /><br />It's the day to Thank those who Paid a Price for Us not having to speak German................<br /><br />I'm paying homage remodeling My Bimini Curtains...........<br />Mom passed 3 years ago,.......... I'll be speaking with Her today Too.................

 

[RPJS]

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Hi<br />Just to let you know we had a fantastic day.<br /><br />Very emotional on occasions, there were a few vets in the audiance (including 2 Americans who settled here after the war)and certain songs obviously bring back memories.<br /><br />Sue (my wife) was booked to sing for 2hrs but ended up doing 3.5, everybody was enjoing themselves that much they did not let her finish.<br />The beer being 6p a pint (1945 prices) may have had somthing to do with it.<br /><br /><br />Hats off to the organizers, they made the day what it was, flags, bunting, air raid sirens & all the staff in fancy dress.<br /><br />A nice coincidence that you celebrated mothers day in the US on the same day, I can't even begin to imagine what it must have been like for the mothers of all the service men involved.