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. Hang ‘em on walls, drape em on beds, divide a room, hide your secret stuff. Victory Day has commemorated the anniversary of Japan's surrender to the Allies in 1945 which ended World War II. High-quality Rhode Island Victory Day Tapestries designed and sold by artists. The second Monday of August is represented with flags and memories of veterans. This year marks 66 years the state has celebrated and observes the day Japan surrendered at the end of World War II as a legal holiday. Scene made famous by Life magazine photograph Rhode Island’s Department of Transportation is closed Monday, August 11 in observance of Victory Day. 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) Theres been several attempts to change the name. Crowds celebrating V-J Day in Times Square Im a Japanese American person living in Rhode Island and Im sick of having an official state holiday called 'Victory Over Japan Day' (or 'Victory Day').
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