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Elderly Londoners sing wartime songs during 1995 VE Day 50th anniversary street party in London's East End. The women open their mouths and belt out the tunes that they learned during wartime, helping them keep up morale during dark times during WW2. In the week near the anniversary date of May 8, 1945, when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Germany and peace was announced to tumultuous crowds across European cities, the British still go out of their way to honour those sacrificed and the realisation that peace was once again achieved. Street parties now – as they did in 1945 – played a large part in the country’s patriotic well-being.

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Elderly Londoners sing wartime songs during 1995 VE Day 50th anniversary street party in London's East End. The women open their mouths and belt out the tunes that they learned during wartime, helping them keep up morale during dark times during WW2. In the week near the anniversary date of May 8, 1945, when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Germany and peace was announced to tumultuous crowds across European cities, the British still go out of their way to honour those sacrificed and the realisation that peace was once again achieved. Street parties now – as they did in 1945 – played a large part in the country’s patriotic well-being.