Here’s why Rhode Island is the only state that celebrates Victory Day | WPRI.com
Here’s why Rhode Island is the only state that celebrates Victory Day | WPRI.com: “If ever a state was at the center of the American war effort in World War II, it was Rhode Island,” veteran political reporter Scott MacKay wrote in a 2010 essay. “From Westerly to Woonsocket and everywhere in between, Rhode Island was focused on winning what has become known as, in Studs Terkel’s famous words, ‘The Good War.’” The Navy had a […]