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

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

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 observes Victory Day on the second Monday of August, commemorating the end of World War II. The holiday has ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Recognized in Rhode Island since 1948, Victory Day is among the 10 state holidays listed on the Rhode Island secretary of state's website. It's celebrated on the second Monday of August.

Monday is the 69th annual Victory Day in Rhode Island, making the state once again the only one to observe a legal holiday marking the end of World War II. The actual event it commemorates ...