2020
SK1814 : VJ Day at the National Memorial Arboretum (222)
taken 4 years ago, near to Croxall, Staffordshire, England
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VJ Day at the National Memorial Arboretum (222)
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...