During the night of last Thursday, May 1, the president of the United States, Donald Trumppublicly announced its intention to rename as “Victory Days”The anniversaries of the end of the two world wars: the November 11 For World War I and May 8 For World War II.
May 8 is widely held in Europe Western, while Russia It commemorates a day later. However, this date is not a federal holiday in the United States, since only the formal acceptance of the “unconditional surrender” of Germany by the allies at the end of World War II.
Apart, on November 11, the day in which the first great war ended, it is federal holiday in the American nation and, until now, it is known as the “Veterans day ”, a festive date throughout the American nation in which the population pays tribute to all those who have served in the Armed forces of the USA.
Given this situation, the Republican president indicated that many of his Allies and friends They do celebrate May 8 as Victory Day, “but the United States did much more than any other country, by far, to achieve victory in World War II against Nazi regime”Trump wrote in his social social network.
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“We won both world wars, nobody approached us in terms of Military strength, courage or brilliancebut we never celebrate anything. That is because we had no leaders who knew how to do it before. Now we are going to start celebrating our victories again! “Trump added on his social media platform.
Subsequently, Donald Trump wrote that, through that announcement, he renamed May 8 as the day of the victory of World War II and on November 11 as the day of the victory of the Great War. However, the White House has not yet issued any official executive decree on the change of name for both commemorations.
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This new decision of the Republican president generated a mixture of indignation and celebration Within the American population, considering that, since their return to the White House on January 20, the New York tycoon has issued several decrees to rename some elements of public life in the United States.
In the last three months, President Donald Trump has renamed several national holidays, such as the Indigenous Peoples Daywhich was called again Columbus day. Likewise, he decided to change the name of some geographical accidents, such as the Gulf of Mexicowhich went on to be called “Gulf of America“In that nation.
For now, all federal holidays in the United States have been created by laws of the Congress American, but states are not obliged to adhere to them. Given the circumstances, President Donald Trump has not yet specified whether he wants May 8 to become a federal holiday, as it is on November 11.
Although in the United States the formal acceptance of German surrender is commemorated on May 8, the fighting of World War II continued for three months, including atomic bombings against Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Therefore, many historians consider that the official purpose of the conflict was the September 2.
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