{"id":1319,"date":"2020-05-08T12:36:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T12:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2022-02-26T13:59:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T13:59:58","slug":"ve-day-8-may-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/ru\/ve-day-8-may-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"VE Day, 8 May 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we hang out the Union Jack, dress up and sing patriotic songs \u2013 it VE Day! Unlike Russia, which celebrates Victory Day on 9<sup>th<\/sup> May, here it is commemorated on the 8<sup>th<\/sup>. It was on this day 75 years ago that Winston Churchill officially announced on the radio that Germany surrendered and the war came to an end in Europe. In preparation for festivities the government moved the bank holiday from 1 May to the 8<sup>th<\/sup>, but the grand celebrations never happened \u2013 we are all in lockdown\u2026 So, the country celebrates at home online. At 11 we watched the TV broadcast of the silent ceremony lead by Prince Charles and Camilla laying commemorative wreaths, followed by flypast over London by the Royal Air Force, looking forward to the Queen\u2019s address later on today. In the evening the whole country will join in singing <em>We\u2019ll Meet Again<\/em> by Dame Vera Lynn, which became a symbol of the nation\u2019s spirit in war time, and also now, reflecting the mood the difficult times we live in.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1320\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1320 size-medium\" title=\"VE Day\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/8May_small-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"VE Day\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/8May_small-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/8May_small-768x888.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/8May_small.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VE Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we hang out the Union Jack, dress up and sing patriotic songs \u2013 it VE Day! Unlike Russia, which celebrates Victory Day on 9th May, here it is commemorated on the 8th. It was on this day 75 years ago that Winston Churchill officially announced on the radio that Germany surrendered and the war [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,7,45],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>VE Day, 8 May 2020 - Guide-for-London<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"VE Day celebrations\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/ru\/ve-day-8-may-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ru_RU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VE Day, 8 May 2020 - Guide-for-London\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"VE Day celebrations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/ru\/ve-day-8-may-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Guide-for-London\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-08T12:36:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-26T13:59:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/8May_small.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"850\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"983\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u041d\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0430\u043d\u043e \u0430\u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043c\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Irina Porter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"\u041f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u044f \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0447\u0442\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 \u043c\u0438\u043d\u0443\u0442\u0430\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/\",\"name\":\"Guide-for-London\",\"description\":\"Professional tour guiding services, local history walks and talks\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"ru-RU\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/ru\/ve-day-8-may-2020\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"ru-RU\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/8May_small.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/8May_small.jpg\",\"width\":850,\"height\":983,\"caption\":\"VE Day, 8 May 2020\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/ru\/ve-day-8-may-2020\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.guide-for-london.com\/ru\/ve-day-8-may-2020\/\",\"name\":\"VE Day, 8 May 2020 - 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