May 8, 2014

In 1945 President Harry Truman declared V-E (Victory in Europe) Day, announcing the surrender of Germany and officially ending the European phase of World War II. Above, crowds in Baltimore celebrate near Sun Square with flags and confetti.

: V.E. Day at Sun Square May 1945 (Baltimore Examiner and Washington Examiner)

: Polish Parade moving up Broadway North of Eastern Avenue. May 1945 (Baltimore Examiner and Washington Examiner)

: V.E. Day: Baltimore May 1945, a discharged veteran reading news of surrender while looking at a map he picked up overseas. (He would not give his name) (Baltimore Examiner and Washington Examiner)

: V.E. Day: Baltimore May 1945, draftees being sworn in on V.E. Day. (Baltimore Examiner and Washington Examiner)

: WWII in Baltimore: 2nd V.E. Day Celebration on Chase and Baltimore Streets. (Baltimore Examiner and Washington Examiner)

: Pvt. William Leon of New Cumberland, PA, on a fine day here jumps back into his old job of selling newspapers. Today’s headline, “ALL GERMANY SURRENDERS” (Photo by Sun photographer A. Aubrey Bodine.)

: Radio Reporter with portable talkie interviewing sidewalk pedestrians. (Photo By Baltimore Sun Photographer A Aubrey Bodine)

: Newspapers sold for 5 cents at Park Avenue and Lexington Street. Headline: “All Germany Surrenders.” (Photo by A. Aubrey Bodine/Baltimore Sun)

: Photo Made on May 8th 1945 during Presidents Truman’s Address at Howard and Lexington Streets. (Photo by Baltimore Sun Photographer A Aubrey Bodine)