We suggest celebrating the end of World War II on May 8th, instead. People celebrate by joining in parades, marching bands, and marching down the streets. The defeat of the Nazis in Europe is celebrated around America on May 8th. We can celebrate the end of World War II on a different day. However, there is no reason to also celebrate the bombing of tens of thousands of innocent civilians. We agree that we should celebrate the end of World War II, and remember, respect and honor our troops and veterans. Some people celebrate the beginning of the end of World War II on Victory Day. Their deep love for this country that made them serve to fight for us, and their belief that America could change, should make us change and rename this holiday to a day that instead celebrates the bravery of these soldiers, and a day that honors the sacrifices they made. These soldiers fought for this country after we put so many Japanese-American civilians, including their own friends and family, in internment camps. With your support, we will hopefully be able to put a stop to the legacy of racial hatred by changing the name and intent of Victory Day we could instead celebrate BIPOC veterans or honor the Nisei, (Japanese American), soldiers who fought for America in World War II. The coalition Stop AAPI Hate recorded 3,795 incidents involving Anti-Asian hate between March 19th last year and February 28th, 2021. Some Japanese Americans are even scared to go outside on this day. Signing the petition to make this change is especially important at this time, because there’s been a recent surge in Anti-Asian hate crimes. Victory Day is likely to bring up horrible memories for those who survived the horror of Japanese-American civilian internment camps, and for relatives of the survivors. We’d appreciate it if you signed this petition, which proposes that we change the name Victory Day or simply stop celebrating it because it celebrates the day we bombed 75,000 unarmed civilians in Nagasaki. Victory Day is only considered an official holiday in Rhode Island. Īccording to WPRI-TV, Rhode Island has had debates over whether to retain the state holiday, with opponents citing Japan's growing "economic might" in the 1980s and offense to Japanese Americans, but all efforts to remove or rename the holiday have been defeated by " veterans and traditionalists," as well as labor unions.This petition concerns Victory Day, (also called Victory Day, or Victory Over Japan Day), which is celebrated in Rhode Island on the second Monday of August every year. Initially observed on August 14, the Rhode Island General Assembly enacted legislation in 1966 to observe the holiday on the second Monday in August annually. Rhode Island has observed this day since 1948. In 1975, the holiday was abolished at the Arkansas state level leaving Rhode Island as the only state in the U.S. President Truman's announcement of the surrender started mass celebrations across the United States, which was when he declared September 2 as the official "VJ Day" in 1945. The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9, and the Soviet Union's invasion of Manchuria in the previous week led to the eventual surrender. Victory Day has commemorated the anniversary of Japan's surrender to the Allies in 1945 which ended World War II. Scene made famous by Life magazine photograph In 2015, the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama honored 500 veterans on the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. More than one in ten of the states' residents served in the war, and 2,340 (671 Navy or Marines) were killed. Rhode Island retains the date as a formal state holiday in tribute to the number of sailors it sent and lost in the Pacific front. The holiday celebrates the conclusion of World War II and is related to Victory over Japan Day in the United Kingdom and regions of the United States. Furthermore, in 2017, WPRI-TV claimed that Arkansas (which stopped celebrating the day in 1975) and Rhode Island were the only two states to ever celebrate the holiday, though Arkansas's name for the holiday was "World War II Memorial Day." Victory Day is a holiday observed in the United States state of Rhode Island with state offices closed on the second Monday of August. (1) Second Monday in August (Rhode Island and US Space & Rocket Center) (1) Rhode Island state holiday, state offices closed Victory Over Japan Day, VJ Day, World War II Memorial Day ( Arkansas) Crowds celebrating V-J Day in Times Square
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