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

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.

Like Del’s Lemonade or the Gaspee parade, Victory Day is one of the Ocean State’s unique summertime traditions.

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

Learn the meaning, history, and significance of Victory Day in the USA also how it's observed as a state holiday, ...

Temperatures across Rhode Island are expected to soar into the 90s this week. Heat indices in Providence are forecasted to ...

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 ...

Since Victory Day is a state holiday and not a federal holiday, many state offices in Rhode Island will be closed to observe the day. This year, the Victory Day celebration will take place on ...

It’s Victory Day in Rhode Island on Monday.It marks Japan's surrender to the U.S., ending World War 2 in August 1945.

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 ...