| May 8th is V-E Day | |
| Declared “Victory in Europe Day”, May 8th remains a time when people across the globe pay tribute to those who courageously fought for the freedom we share today. It was on this date in 1945 that World War II had ended in Europe. | |
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| Did You Know? | |
| Canada’s most notable role in bringing about the end of the Second World War was the liberation of the Netherlands on May 5, 1945. To this day, the Dutch Royal Family sends 10,000 tulip bulbs to Ottawa each year as a show of thanks. | |
| Events | |
| The ceremony for V-E Day in Côte Saint-Luc will be held on Sunday, May 8th, 2011 from 2:00-3:00pm at Veterans Park, just west of the library. The event will go on rain or shine. In case of rain, the ceremony will be held inside the Council Chamber at City Hall. | |
| Useful Websites | |
| For information on Canada in WWII Click Here | |
| Check out the Canadian
War Museum in Ottawa and the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton. |
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| To see a video on how Canada celebrated in May 1945 Click Here (Free download of QuickTime 5 required) | |
| Access the CBC Digital Archives to see television clips and hear radio clips about the end of the war in Europe. | |
| For photos of V-E Day Click Here | |
| Selections from the Library's Collection | |
| D-day: the Battle
for Normandy by Antony Beevor |
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| The Day the War
Ended by Martin Gilbert |
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| Panther Soup: Travels
Through Europe in War and Peace by John Gimlette |
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| The Bitter Road
to Freedom by William I. Hitchcock |
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| The Conquest of
the Reich by Robin Neillands |
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| V-E Day by the editors of Time |
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| On DVD | |
| Saving Private Ryan |  |
| The Thin Red Line |  |
| 49th Parallel |  |
| D-Day
(Volume 1 & 2) |
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| The World at War
(Volume 5) |
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