>
>In re Allied victory day in Europe May 8, the successors to Hitler did not
>want to surrender to the Russians. Therefore, on May 7 they surrendered to
>Eisenhower in a schoolhouse in Rheims, France, east of Paris, where French
>kings were traditionally crowned. The Soviets wanted in on the act and all
>the documents were resigned the next day in Berlin. Since the Soviets put up
>victory monuments all over Eastern Europe listing the dates of the war as
>1941-1945, ignoring the British et al. from 1939, I see no reason why we
>should observe May 8 instead of May 7.
Good point. I've changed it like this:
VE Day
1945, 7 May
German leaders surrender to Eisenhower
in a schoolhouse in Rheims, France, east of Paris, where French
kings were traditionally crowned.
VE Day (Soviet)
1945, 8 May
German surrender documents signed a second time in Berlin,
at request of the Soviet Union.
>Dane Bowen in Alexandria, Va., researching Bowen, Bacon, Carlton (Carleton),
>Luker, Sanders (Saunders), Chaudoin (Chaudoins), Maverick, Richey (Ritchie,
>Richie, Ritchey), Spence, Sumner, Way, and Wells families.
John S. Quarterman <jsq@quarterman.org>
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