VE day photographs

Date: 5th May 2020 @ 10:03am

Good morning everyone, 

Do you remember our visit to the Imperial War Museum? Well they have a brilliant website full of photographs of VE day!  I have been finding out lots about VE day this week with my little girls, who are only in Year 3 so they really don’t know as much about WWII as you all do! We have really enjoyed looking at old photos of the V.E. day celebrations- Who were the women in Trafalgar Square fountains on V.E. day? Click below to see if historians ever found out! I just keep imagining how relieved and happy the people must have been after 6 long years of war! I have found 6 weeks of lockdown tough at times!

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/10-photos-of-ve-day-celebrations

What fantastic first hand sources they make of this time. Can you imagine what the people are thinking using your knowledge of this period? Perhaps these could help you with your VE day challenge this week? You could imagine interviewing some of these people or writing their diary or letter home. Enjoy investigating!