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August 10, 2007

Sunshine and events on tap for Victory Day weekend

The weather looks pretty good for our upcoming three-day holiday weekend, as long as you don’t plan all your outdoor activities just on Monday.

The National Weather Service is predicting a high of 80 and mostly sunny skies for tomorrow, a high of 86 and sunshine for Sunday and a high of 88 on Monday, with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms.

As Rhode Island prepares to celebrate Victory Day on Monday, we are the only state left in the union to celebrate the surrender of Japan and, consequently, the end of World War II on this day.

The holiday was established by President Harry Truman in a 1946 proclamation. Critics of Rhode Island’s continued celebration of the day would like to eliminate the holiday or at least remove any reference to the victory over Japan. Arkansas is believed to be the state that most recently dropped Victory Day as a holiday, in 1975.

As for how Rhode Islanders will celebrate the day, we’ve included a smattering of planned events below. Let’s hope those thunderstorms aren’t here mid-morning. And if you’re planning to hit the beach this weekend, make sure to check out the state Health Department’s beach-monitoring site before you go. For now, Warren Town Beach is closed due to high bacteria counts.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 9:16 AM | Permalink

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