V for ...

It's that day again, the day to commemorate that today 77 years ago Japan officially surrendered , the day that WWII finally ended in the Asia-Pacific Area too. We should never forget and learn from it, but did we, do we ...? Today even more than last year it doesn't really look like it.
Dedicated to all the victims of that war on all sides.

And hoping that one day we don't need V for Victory signs, but that V can stand for Vrede (the Dutch word for Peace).

V brooch belonging to my paternal grandmother, part of her story is here.

Minimalist is today's MonoMonday theme, with thanks to Mole for hosting this month.

Thanks for the kind comments, reactions and stars for yesterday's Blip with the AbstractThursday results