This year, Royal British Legion Industries has embarked on the biggest national campaign in its history of more than 100 years to mark VE Day.
Last year, all celebrations were scrapped; the public was left with no way to recognise the iconic 75th anniversary of victory in Europe. And although the inaugural Tommy in the Window campaign enabled the Great British public to commemorate this momentous date in our country’s history, those celebrations were sadly muted.
However, this year, we saw the nation galvanised as part of Tommy’s Race to Victory – a truly national event which has seen RBLI’s iconic Tommy figure travel the length of the UK, stopping at iconic military locations and cities on the way.
#TeamTommy are on their final day of their 800 mile relay between our social enterprises, Scotland’s Bravest Manufacturing Company, in Erskine and Britain’s Bravest Manufacturing Company, in Kent. The Team are now only hours away from arriving at our Village in Aylesford to bring Tommy home for our VE Day celebrations.
On route, the team is stopping at cities and key military locations, presenting specially-made VE Day Tommy figures, made by injured veterans working in RBLI’s factories, to notable members of the local military communities.
You can find out more about the Relay, donate, and track #TeamTommy via our website.
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Last year, all celebrations were scrapped; the public was left with no way to recognise the iconic 75th anniversary of VE Day.
Royal Canadian Legion, US Branch #25 