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

On Monday, August 11, the Ocean State will observe Victory Day, which marks the end of World War II with the surrender of ...

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It has always been called “Victory Day” on the statute books, going all the way back to its establishment in 1948. Rhode Island has been an outlier with Victory Day since 1975.

The day is meant to honor the millions of Americans who served during the war. In Rhode Island, there are 1,033 living WWII veterans, according to a 2022 survey from the National World War II Museum.

It’s a three-day weekend thanks to Victory Day, but that also means the end of summer is right around the corner. But if you ...

On Monday, August 11, the Ocean State will observe Victory Day, which marks the end of World War II with the surrender of Japan on Aug. 14, 1945. When is Victory Day? Recognized in Rhode Island since ...

Rhode Island has apparently been on its own since the late 1960s or ’70s, when Arkansas dropped its version of Victory Day — known there as “World War II Memorial Day” — and reportedly ...

Victory Day always made Rhode Island an outlier: in 1953 the AP described it as “the only state in the union that voted to make V-J a legal holiday,” though two years later the news service ...