‘Never again’ did not hold universally. It applied primarily to those nations who were fortunate to avoid imperial violence.
#VEDay80 #VEDay2025
#VEDay80 #VEDay2025
‘As we remember those who gave their lives for freedom both 80 years ago and continue to do so now, let us work towards a peace where “never again” is realised not only in words but also in practice.’ Olesya Khromeychuk, UIL Director.
@okhromeychuk.bsky.social
@okhromeychuk.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM
‘Never again’ did not hold universally. It applied primarily to those nations who were fortunate to avoid imperial violence.
#VEDay80 #VEDay2025
#VEDay80 #VEDay2025
A local artist decorates postboxes in my area with hand-knitted toppers.. this one commemorates #VEDay with such incredible detail!
#yarnbombing #knittingart #veday2025 #craftivism #postboxtopper #handmadeuk #localart #streetartlove
#yarnbombing #knittingart #veday2025 #craftivism #postboxtopper #handmadeuk #localart #streetartlove
May 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
A local artist decorates postboxes in my area with hand-knitted toppers.. this one commemorates #VEDay with such incredible detail!
#yarnbombing #knittingart #veday2025 #craftivism #postboxtopper #handmadeuk #localart #streetartlove
#yarnbombing #knittingart #veday2025 #craftivism #postboxtopper #handmadeuk #localart #streetartlove
Legendary 98 year old World War II veteran smashing fascism literally (RIP to this Swastikar) and metaphorically.
Grateful to these war heroes.
#VEDay80
#veday80thanniversary
#VEDay2025
#VEDay
Grateful to these war heroes.
#VEDay80
#veday80thanniversary
#VEDay2025
#VEDay
May 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Legendary 98 year old World War II veteran smashing fascism literally (RIP to this Swastikar) and metaphorically.
Grateful to these war heroes.
#VEDay80
#veday80thanniversary
#VEDay2025
#VEDay
Grateful to these war heroes.
#VEDay80
#veday80thanniversary
#VEDay2025
#VEDay
I’m not a Daily Mirror reader, but I do like this image they’ve reprinted as their front page.
#VEDay2025
#BeAPeacemaker
#VEDay2025
#BeAPeacemaker
May 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I’m not a Daily Mirror reader, but I do like this image they’ve reprinted as their front page.
#VEDay2025
#BeAPeacemaker
#VEDay2025
#BeAPeacemaker
🗃️ Exhibition
Leave to Land: The Kitchener camp rescue, 1939
#VEDay2025 #VEDay80
#refugees #WWII #PioneerCorps #Internees
Leave to Land: The Kitchener camp rescue, 1939
#VEDay2025 #VEDay80
#refugees #WWII #PioneerCorps #Internees
Going into a couple of days of showing the ‘Leave to Land’ Kitchener Camp exhibition, plus a talk on the project tomorrow evening. Just a small venue, this one - looking forward to it.
April 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
🗃️ Exhibition
Leave to Land: The Kitchener camp rescue, 1939
#VEDay2025 #VEDay80
#refugees #WWII #PioneerCorps #Internees
Leave to Land: The Kitchener camp rescue, 1939
#VEDay2025 #VEDay80
#refugees #WWII #PioneerCorps #Internees
The Leave to Land exhibition from @wienerlibrary.bsky.social is a perfect fit in a village hall this morning.
#VEDay2025 #VEDay80
🗃️ #WWII #Refugees #PioneerCorps
#VEDay2025 #VEDay80
🗃️ #WWII #Refugees #PioneerCorps
April 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The Leave to Land exhibition from @wienerlibrary.bsky.social is a perfect fit in a village hall this morning.
#VEDay2025 #VEDay80
🗃️ #WWII #Refugees #PioneerCorps
#VEDay2025 #VEDay80
🗃️ #WWII #Refugees #PioneerCorps
Where's Churchill when you need him. The only cloud in the sky... #VEDay2025 #VEDay80 #photography
@stormhour.com
@photohour.bsky.social
#loveukweather #BankHolidayMonday
@stormhour.com
@photohour.bsky.social
#loveukweather #BankHolidayMonday
May 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Where's Churchill when you need him. The only cloud in the sky... #VEDay2025 #VEDay80 #photography
@stormhour.com
@photohour.bsky.social
#loveukweather #BankHolidayMonday
@stormhour.com
@photohour.bsky.social
#loveukweather #BankHolidayMonday
#OTD in 1945 World War 2 in Europe official ends with VE Day celebrations. The Second World War touched the lives of everyone who lived through it. This is my grandmother, Mary Burnham, who served at Bletchley Park during the war. #VEDay80 #VEDay #VEDay2025
May 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
#OTD in 1945 World War 2 in Europe official ends with VE Day celebrations. The Second World War touched the lives of everyone who lived through it. This is my grandmother, Mary Burnham, who served at Bletchley Park during the war. #VEDay80 #VEDay #VEDay2025
The first evidence in #PoliceOrders of Met preparations for #VEDay is this leave cancellation four days earlier. #WWII #MetAtWar #VEDay80 #VEDay2025
May 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The first evidence in #PoliceOrders of Met preparations for #VEDay is this leave cancellation four days earlier. #WWII #MetAtWar #VEDay80 #VEDay2025
Gorgeous spring day in Russell Square park.
Here to collect Leave to Land for a Kitchener camp exhibition and talk next week in the build up to #VEDay2025
Perfect pottering weather amidst tulips and tree blossom.
Here to collect Leave to Land for a Kitchener camp exhibition and talk next week in the build up to #VEDay2025
Perfect pottering weather amidst tulips and tree blossom.
April 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Gorgeous spring day in Russell Square park.
Here to collect Leave to Land for a Kitchener camp exhibition and talk next week in the build up to #VEDay2025
Perfect pottering weather amidst tulips and tree blossom.
Here to collect Leave to Land for a Kitchener camp exhibition and talk next week in the build up to #VEDay2025
Perfect pottering weather amidst tulips and tree blossom.
VE Day picnic in the garden today, making the most of the sunshine and remembering those who made it possible for us to enjoy simple moments like this.
#VEDay80 #VictoryInEurope #VEDay2025 #RememberThem #GardenPicnic #FamilyTime
#VEDay80 #VictoryInEurope #VEDay2025 #RememberThem #GardenPicnic #FamilyTime
May 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
VE Day picnic in the garden today, making the most of the sunshine and remembering those who made it possible for us to enjoy simple moments like this.
#VEDay80 #VictoryInEurope #VEDay2025 #RememberThem #GardenPicnic #FamilyTime
#VEDay80 #VictoryInEurope #VEDay2025 #RememberThem #GardenPicnic #FamilyTime
On VE Day, my dad and mum were 11 & 10, respectively. They had spent most of their childhood expecting to be killed (like children in Gaza and Ukraine today). My mum was even bombed out, aged 6, in 1940. All her life she jumped out of her skin at sudden noises.
#veday2025 #veday
#veday2025 #veday
May 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
On VE Day, my dad and mum were 11 & 10, respectively. They had spent most of their childhood expecting to be killed (like children in Gaza and Ukraine today). My mum was even bombed out, aged 6, in 1940. All her life she jumped out of her skin at sudden noises.
#veday2025 #veday
#veday2025 #veday
May 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We're very proud of the Australian War Memorial's new print & digital magazine WM 🎉 Our first issue features @claremulley.bsky.social Peter Caddick-Adams Mat McLachlan @drdavesutton.bsky.social & others.
Sign up now: wm.awm.gov.au
❤️for a chance to win a copy.
#WeHaveWays #VEDay80 #VEDay2025
Sign up now: wm.awm.gov.au
❤️for a chance to win a copy.
#WeHaveWays #VEDay80 #VEDay2025
May 7, 2025 at 5:39 AM
We're very proud of the Australian War Memorial's new print & digital magazine WM 🎉 Our first issue features @claremulley.bsky.social Peter Caddick-Adams Mat McLachlan @drdavesutton.bsky.social & others.
Sign up now: wm.awm.gov.au
❤️for a chance to win a copy.
#WeHaveWays #VEDay80 #VEDay2025
Sign up now: wm.awm.gov.au
❤️for a chance to win a copy.
#WeHaveWays #VEDay80 #VEDay2025
What a fantastic way to commemorate #VEDay2025 especially focusing on the experiences of the women left behind.
A Few Forgotten Women present a radio-style play for VE Day 'It's Alright for you Women!' about women's wartime experiences. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dw5... #VEDay #WomensHistory
It's Alright for you Women! A Special VE Day 2025 Production by the Few Forgotten Women Team
YouTube video by A Few Forgotten Women
www.youtube.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
What a fantastic way to commemorate #VEDay2025 especially focusing on the experiences of the women left behind.
On May 8, 1945 - known as Victory in Europe Day or V-E Day - celebrations erupted around the world to mark the end of World War II in Europe.
#VEDay2025
#VEDay2025
May 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
On May 8, 1945 - known as Victory in Europe Day or V-E Day - celebrations erupted around the world to mark the end of World War II in Europe.
#VEDay2025
#VEDay2025
I went to London for the VE Day parade and flypast. Over the next few days I'm going to be posting some of my photos. Let's start with the Red Arrows!
#photography #redarrows #raf #veday2025 #veday #londom #themall #lestweforget
#photography #redarrows #raf #veday2025 #veday #londom #themall #lestweforget
May 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I went to London for the VE Day parade and flypast. Over the next few days I'm going to be posting some of my photos. Let's start with the Red Arrows!
#photography #redarrows #raf #veday2025 #veday #londom #themall #lestweforget
#photography #redarrows #raf #veday2025 #veday #londom #themall #lestweforget
“This England never did, nor never shall, lie at the proud foot of a conqueror" King John 5.7 #ShakespeareSunday #VEDay2025 #Peace
April 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
“This England never did, nor never shall, lie at the proud foot of a conqueror" King John 5.7 #ShakespeareSunday #VEDay2025 #Peace
Just in case you’re at a loose end, my book National Treasures explains how #London protected its national art, museums and archives in WWII, mostly returned to the capital from their hiding places by 1945 #VEDay80 #VEDay2025
May 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just in case you’re at a loose end, my book National Treasures explains how #London protected its national art, museums and archives in WWII, mostly returned to the capital from their hiding places by 1945 #VEDay80 #VEDay2025
Well done Daily Mirror for reproducing its famous VE Day 1945 Philip Zec cartoon.
A message much needed for today.
#VEDay2025 #VEDay #VEDay80
A message much needed for today.
#VEDay2025 #VEDay #VEDay80
May 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Well done Daily Mirror for reproducing its famous VE Day 1945 Philip Zec cartoon.
A message much needed for today.
#VEDay2025 #VEDay #VEDay80
A message much needed for today.
#VEDay2025 #VEDay #VEDay80
St George’s Hall Liverpool lit Red, White and Blue to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day #VEDay80 #VEDay2025 🇬🇧
📸 Sean Twigg
📸 Sean Twigg
May 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
St George’s Hall Liverpool lit Red, White and Blue to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day #VEDay80 #VEDay2025 🇬🇧
📸 Sean Twigg
📸 Sean Twigg
The Met's involvement in the Victory Parade thirteen months after #VEDay drew praise not only from Commissioner Sir Harold Scott but also from Attlee's Home Secretary James Chuter Ede and George VI's mother Queen Mary. #VEDay2025 #VEDay80 #PoliceOrders #MetAtWar
May 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The Met's involvement in the Victory Parade thirteen months after #VEDay drew praise not only from Commissioner Sir Harold Scott but also from Attlee's Home Secretary James Chuter Ede and George VI's mother Queen Mary. #VEDay2025 #VEDay80 #PoliceOrders #MetAtWar
May 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Great to know that Kitchener history is being included in some upcoming #VEDay2025 events.
It’s going out to schools and local families in Oxfordshire this month, and is also part of anniversary events in Kent in May.
#LeaveToLand #KitchenerCamp
#History #WWII 🗃️
It’s going out to schools and local families in Oxfordshire this month, and is also part of anniversary events in Kent in May.
#LeaveToLand #KitchenerCamp
#History #WWII 🗃️
April 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Great to know that Kitchener history is being included in some upcoming #VEDay2025 events.
It’s going out to schools and local families in Oxfordshire this month, and is also part of anniversary events in Kent in May.
#LeaveToLand #KitchenerCamp
#History #WWII 🗃️
It’s going out to schools and local families in Oxfordshire this month, and is also part of anniversary events in Kent in May.
#LeaveToLand #KitchenerCamp
#History #WWII 🗃️
#VEDay2025 #VEDay80 - New film from the @europeanmovement.co.uk #FlagsInTheWind #SlavaUkraiini 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇧
The EU - Peace, prosperity and partnership.
www.flagsinthewind.co.uk
The EU - Peace, prosperity and partnership.
www.flagsinthewind.co.uk
Flags in the Wind
On the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, this film reminds us never to take Europe's peace for granted
www.flagsinthewind.co.uk
May 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
#VEDay2025 #VEDay80 - New film from the @europeanmovement.co.uk #FlagsInTheWind #SlavaUkraiini 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇧
The EU - Peace, prosperity and partnership.
www.flagsinthewind.co.uk
The EU - Peace, prosperity and partnership.
www.flagsinthewind.co.uk