Canadians celebrated VE Day in a variety of ways at home and abroad
PL-44007 – Image courtesy of the Department of National Defence
2007.80.30 – Gift of Mrs. E.J. Rogers
1984.9.51 – Gift of Captain Roderick White
2018.72.25- Gift of Mr David Webb.
2000.417.5 b – Gift of Mrs. M. Jean Patton
2004.247.10.c – Gift of Ms. Susan Hozy
2016.83.9 – Gift of 17 Wing/CFB Winnipeg
2016.83.13 – Gift of 17 Wing/CFB Winnipeg
2016.83.14 – Gift of 17 Wing/CFB Winnipeg
Collection of congratulatory messages
Received by the Commanding Officer of
RCAF East Moor on VE Day
2012.79.11 a-d – Gift of Ms. Jennifer Williams
The Halifax Mail (Halifax, Nova Scotia), May 10, 1945
2018.89.14 – Gift of the Estate of K.C. Hall
Learn more about the Halifax VE Day Riots.
Listen to interviews done by the Memory Project with veterans who were in Halifax at the time of the riots:
Kay Stevens
Frank O’Hara