UK Celebrates 75th Anniversary of VE Day

May 8th marked the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, and Britons were not about to let it go by unacknowledged. Originally, all sorts of parades and live concerts and events had been planned but of course, these had to be cancelled or adapted as the UK battles the coronavirus. Below you’ll find a link to a video that aired on the BBC of people all over the UK singing along to Vera Lynn’s wartime standard, We’ll Meet Again, led by Welsh mezzo Katherine Jenkins and some old footage of Vera Lynn herself.

Dame Vera Lynn, who turned 103 in March, doesn’t sing in public anymore, but apparently “raised a glass” and watched the TV special with family from her home in East Sussex as several neighbours gathered - at safe distances - outside to sing along.

Here’s a link to a story from the Newham Recorder: Dame Vera Lynn thanks people marking historic anniversary under ‘difficult circumstances’

And here’s that video. Warning: get your tissues ready.