VE Day – Friday 8th May – Stay at Home and Celebrate
By Editor Girl on May 05, 2020
VE Day is on Friday 8th May and while the celebrations may not be what was originally planned families are now being encouraged to mark the important day by decorating their homes and celebrating at home.
VE Day timetable
- 11am — Two-minute national silence to remember the declaration of victory and the end of the Second World War in Europe.
- 2.45pm – 3.45pm — The first of two special BBC One programmes to mark VE75, including extract from Sir Winston Churchill’s victory speech delivered at 3pm on VE Day.
- Afternoon — Britons encouraged to hold 1940s-style afternoon tea parties at home rather than street parties, including homemade bunting and recipes from the era.
- 9pm — Address by the Queen followed by national doorstep rendition of Dame Vera Lynn’s “We’ll Meet Again”.