VE Day parade 2025

EL APACHE TEVEZ said:
Make the best of it,all this will be gone soon,I’m surprised they’ve been allowed to put up the Union Jack
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No it won't be gone. VE Day is celebrated not just in the UK but across France, Austria, Poland, the USA, and even Germany as well. Defeating Nazism in all its forms should be - and is - celebrated by not just this country but our international allies too. Even as someone who's not particularly nationalist or patriotic, the bare facts are that we defended our island against warmongering, genocidal fascists for the good of the continent and the world, and we succeeded in that endeavour. For as long as there are people alive with ancestors who formed part of the defence (however big or small), our respects should be - and are - paid to them. May 8 is marked by millions and it won't be forgotten.

If you want to start criticising people who want to erase VE Day from our calendar, try your man across the pond: https://www.gbnews.com/politics/us/donald-trump-britain-world-war-two-ve-day-renames-us
 
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youngbob said:
No it won't be gone. VE Day is celebrated not just in the UK but across France, Austria, Poland, the USA, and even Germany as well. Defeating Nazism in all its forms should - and is - celebrated by not just this country but our international allies as well. Even as someone who's not particularly nationalist or patriotic, the bare facts are that we defended our island against warmongering, genocidal fascists for the good of the continent and the world, and we succeeded in that endeavour. For as long as there are people alive with ancestors who formed part of the defence (however big or small), our respects should be - and are - paid to them. May 8 is marked by millions and it won't be forgotten.

If you want to start criticising people who want to erase VE Day from our calendar, try your man across the pond: https://www.gbnews.com/politics/us/donald-trump-britain-world-war-two-ve-day-renames-us
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Let’s hope so
 
blueparrot said:
The name "Union Jack" has a historical connection to the flag being flown from the bowsprit of a ship, also known as the "jack".
Flown in the Mall or on land it's the Union Flag. So there you go consider yourself educated.
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Didn't know that!

Every day is a school day :)
 
Can see them forming up on Flightradar. The Lancaster is near London doing circles, some of the bigger planes are on their way and I think the Typhoons have just taken off.
 
Mr Grumpy said:
Yea, I took one down once because of that lol. (I put it back up the right way round).
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Coincidently, my wife,the one with the military family background, has just decorated our shop for VE day and I'm just about to tell her one of the strings of bunting is the wrong way around. Wish me luck :)
 
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