It is hard to tell the difference between a VJ Day celebration and a 4th of July celebration, except for the date. On Victory Day weekend in Rhode Island, families go camping fishing tournaments are held at area lakes arts and crafts fairs line the main streets of local towns and villages. And Newport was the naval home of the Atlantic destroyer fleet.Įven suggestions that the holiday be celebrated on a floating date were argued down as recently as 2013, with the Rhode Island AFL-CIO arguing that doing so would be disrespectful to veterans. More than 100,000 Rhode Island residents served in World War II, and more than 10,000 of those were killed.
Other’s point out many Americans lost their lives fighting a war to preserve American freedom after the attack at Pearl Harbor. They say that Rhode Island is insensitive and politically incorrect. Critics point out that Japan is now our ally and good trading partner. After winning the war and having its own Victory Day on May 9, Stalin wanted to commemorate the victory with a military parade On Jin commemoration of the victory over Germany in the Great. Nevertheless, June 24 th is also significant for Russia.
While other states eventually rescinded the holiday, Rhode Island has been a stalwart in preserving the tradition of celebrating Victory Day. The celebrations this year were pushed to June because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Rhode Island officially declared Victory Day a state holiday in 1948 and has celebrated it each year since. The parade’s mechanized column consisted of a total 218 pieces of hardware, thirty-eight of which were historical equipment like the WWII-era T-34 Soviet medium tank.Although Japan’s formal surrender did not occur until 2 September 1945, the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima on 6 August and on Nagasaki on 9 August effectively ended the war then. The S-350 “Vityaz,” a medium range surface-to-air system designed to phase out several older variants of the Soviet S-300, was prominently featured alongside the S-400 “Triumf” long-range missile defense system. The 2008 Pantsir S1 short to medium range missile defense system was accompanied by two new variants: the Pantsir SA, adapted for use in the Arctic region, and the Pantsir SM with improved engagement range as well as a better targeting module. In keeping with the Moscow parades of the past several years, a diverse cast of air defense systems rolled through the Red Square. These included the Kurganets IFV mounted with a new remote-controlled 30mm Epokha turret, an advanced variant of the T-15 with a new 220M Baikal mounted weapons system, and the BMP-2M “Berezhok” successor to the Soviet BMP-2 with sensor and weapons tracking improvements. Also making an appearance was a procession of modernized infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs). The T90M is the latest iteration of the prolific 1992 T90 MBT, boasting the same 2А82-1М 125mm smoothbore gun as the T-14 Armata tank and upgraded “Relikt” explosive reactive armor. The T-90M main battle tank (MBT) made its first parade outing after completing state trials earlier this year. A cavalcade of new combat vehicles stood as the technical highlight of this year’s parade.
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