2020

SK1814 : VJ Day at the National Memorial Arboretum (222)

taken 4 years ago, near to Croxall, Staffordshire, England

VJ Day at the National Memorial Arboretum (222)
VJ Day at the National Memorial Arboretum (222)
Path alongside the river within the National Forest LinkExternal link
A tree-mendous day in Staffordshire

Last February my sister visited the National Memorial Arboretum for the first time. Knowing my love of memorials she booked a holiday nearby for our family in August. What we hadn't realised was that Prince Charles and Camilla were coming to head up a 75th anniversary commemoration of the end of hostilities in the far east. We got in as soon as it opened and stayed all day. I still missed a few! One of the best days of my life...


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Basher Eyre   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 15 August, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 26 August, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 1872 1406 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:43.4320N 1:43.4561W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SK 1872 1406
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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