Re: Correct Date of Nazi Surrender to US

["John S. Quarterman" <jsq@quarterman.org>]

>
>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. 

Good point.  I've changed it like this:

VE Day
1945, 7 May
German leaders surrender to Eisenhower
in a schoolhouse in Rheims, France, east of Paris, where French 
kings were traditionally crowned. 

VE Day (Soviet)
1945, 8 May
German surrender documents signed a second time in Berlin,
at request of the Soviet Union.

>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.

John S. Quarterman <jsq@quarterman.org>
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