smallhobbit | Jersey - Liberation Day

A couple of days ago Daughter and I returned, having been on an organised trip to Jersey (an island in the Channel Islands) to celebrate their 80th anniversary of Liberation Day.

While VE Day (Victory in Europe 1945) is celebrated on 8 May, the Channel Islands weren't liberated until 9 May. As can be imagined, there are always celebrations on this day, and particularly this year, being the 80th.

It begins with a parade, which included a large number of the island's youth organisations:

From the parade we made our way round to Liberation Square, where there were the formal speeches and service. We didn't hear a lot as there were insufficient loadspeakers.

Then there was the re-enactment of the Union Flag being displayed after five years of occupation

And a re-enactment of other soldiers who had landed and raised the flag at the balcony of the Pomme D'Or restaurant

After which, there was a flypast and then a drive past of various vehicles from the time. No photos as I was too far back in the crowd to get decent ones.