Re: Correct Date of Nazi Surrender to US

[DaneBowen@aol.com]

In re Allied victory day in Europe May 8, the successors to Hitler did not 
want to surrender to the Russians.  Therefore, on May 7 they surrendered to 
Eisenhower in a schoolhouse in Rheims, France, east of Paris, where French 
kings were traditionally crowned. The Soviets wanted in on the act and all 
the documents were resigned the next day in Berlin.  Since the Soviets put up 
victory monuments all over Eastern Europe listing the dates of the war as 
1941-1945, ignoring the British et al. from 1939, I see no reason why we 
should observe May 8 instead of May 7. 

Dane Bowen in Alexandria, Va., researching Bowen, Bacon, Carlton (Carleton), 
Luker, Sanders (Saunders), Chaudoin (Chaudoins), Maverick, Richey (Ritchie, 
Richie, Ritchey), Spence, Sumner, Way, and Wells families.
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