Most of the people Mori interacts with “seem to be uncomfortable with this name," she says. “If remembering the war is the reason to have this day, it can be called a ‘Memorial Day for the End of the World War II.’” in 2000 and has lived in Providence since 2005. “It is distasteful - but not because my country lost,” said Mori, 36, who came to the U.S. ![]() “I think the most troubling thing for me is that this name celebrates wars,” Sakiko Mori, a Providence resident who was born and raised in Japan, wrote in an email. And they should be, for what they’ve sacrificed.”īut more than 20 years after the pitched disputes in the 1980s and 1990s over efforts to do away with Victory Day, there remain those who think the day could be, at the very least, tweaked. Azzinaro, chair of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. “I have heard some people say that, but you don’t hear any veterans saying it,” said state Rep. Veterans push back whenever there’s talk of changing the holiday. Changing it is just not something state politicians have seriously considered, or indeed considered at all, in recent years. He continued: “I want to thank all the people in Rhode Island for remembering Victory Day, and I’m sorry to hear that we’re the only state in the union” that does it.Īs Rhode Island marks the 70th anniversary of its first Victory Day - the state made it an official holiday in 1948, three years after the end of the war - people who want to keep it seem to have won a resounding victory. “I’d like to see it expanded to other parts of the country,” said Napoli, 93. Every few years, there’s talk of changing its name or doing away with it altogether.īut ask World War II Navy veteran and Newport resident Armando “Nap” Napoli, and he’ll tell you it’s not Rhode Island that needs to change. Rhode Island is the only state in America that still has a legal holiday for Victory Day, marking the end of World War II and the surrender of Japan. Spring registration begins for non-degree undergraduate studentsĮarly spring classes end Spring waiver registration for National Guard (STEP Program), senior citizens and students with unemployment waivers. New Year's Day observed (college closed, library closed) Grades due by noon Early spring classes begin Spring registration begins for non-degree graduate studentsĬhristmas Day observed (college closed, library closed) Veterans Day (college closed, library open-holiday hours)Ĭlasses resume Early Spring registration begins for non-degree students (contact Records office)Įmergency make up day (if needed and so designated by administration) Spring/Early Spring registration begins for degree candidates Last day to withdraw from courses without permission ![]() ![]() Last day for adding or dropping courses without a chargeĬolumbus Day (college closed, library open-holiday hours)Įmergency make-up day (if needed and so designated by administration) Labor Day (college closed, library closed)
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