SLIDESHOW: VE Day parade in Castlerock

Castlerock hosted a special parade last Sunday, May 11 to mark VE Day.

Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces.

Councillor David Harding, Mayor of Coleraine, laying a wreath. INCR20-199PLplaceholder image
Councillor David Harding, Mayor of Coleraine, laying a wreath. INCR20-199PL

It thus marked the end of World War II in Europe.

See our slideshow of pictures by our photographer Paul Nash.

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