Monday marks a holiday that Rhode Island, alone amongst all 50 states, recognizes as official- Victory Day, also commonly referred to as Victory over Japan Day or V-J Day.

On this significant anniversary, and with some of the last remaining VJ Day veterans in attendance, the Royal British ...

The announcement of Japan’s surrender came on 15 August 1945. That’s the date people in the UK , Australia, and many other ...

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Like Del’s Lemonade or the Gaspee parade, Victory Day is one of the Ocean State’s unique summertime ...

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Trump Commemorates 80th Anniversary of VE Day As the world reflects on the sacrifices made during World War II, former President Donald Trump has once agai ...

World War II ended 80 years ago when Japan surrendered after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Here's how ...

After more than eight decades, Pvt. Herbert McLaughlin has finally returned home. The 31-year-old Shawano native was the first from the community to be killed in World War ...

Rhode Island is the only state to celebrate Victory Day, which recognizes the end of World War II with the surrender of Japan ...

In Rhode Island, one of the strongest and most robust sister-city relationships has been built between the port cities of Newport and Shimoda, Japan.

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in Japan's surrender, ending World War II and ushering in the Atomic Age.