Celebrating VE Day with MYsocial
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Some other ways to celebrate VE day today…
This Friday 8th May marks the victorious VE day and whilst large scale celebrations may have cancelled, that doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate at home with your very own lockdown VE party!
Our Friends at MYsocial Southwark have compiled a range of activities, digital links and TV recommendations so that you can get involved in the celebrations. Scroll down to see!
Watch the Box on Friday 8th!
- 11 am | BBC One | The Nation Remembers BBC One will lead a poignant two-minute silence to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
- 2.45 pm | BBC One | The Announcement of Victory Winston Churchill’s historic speech will also be broadcast – providing a fascinating insight into what the public will have heard on that significant day all those years ago.
- 8 pm | BBC One | The People’s Celebration Viewers can tune in to a very special programme on VE Day on BBC One. Featuring celebrities and veterans as well as an address from the Queen at 9pm. In a truly amazing finale, we will see the nation unite for a very special sing-a-long of We’ll Meet Again as across the UK we all give thanks to our veterans and remember our loved ones.
Dame Vera Lynn
Music helped to keep morale high in wartime and we could all use a little boost ourselves in these times of uncertainty.
With that in mind, there’s a nationwide sing-along to wartime classic We’ll Meet Again planned on Friday night – led by none other than Dame Vera Lynn herself.
The 103-year-old singer will perform from a window at her Sussex home just after 9 pm, following the Queen’s special address to the nation, and viewers are encouraged to join her.
It will form part of televised musical event VE Day 75: The People’s Celebration on BBC One from 8 pm.
