Submitted on Saturday 25th July 2020
Rejected on Friday 28th August 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make VE Day Weekend a Public Holiday
We propose that the Early May Bank Holiday is permanently moved to the closest Friday to the 8th of May each year in order to create the annual national holiday of VE Day Weekend.
To mark the 75th Anniversary of VE Day and the end of WW2, the 2020 Early May Bank Holiday was moved to Friday 8th May. On this day, it struck me as odd that we do not celebrate this historic date properly every year. I have often thought that, as a nation, we are missing a national holiday that gives us the chance to celebrate our unity in a truly positive way and it seems like VE Day is the perfect opportunity for that.
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