On May 7, l945, World War II ended when Germany surrendered and May 8 was declared “V-E Day” (Victory in Europe). Massive celebrations took place with dancing, singing, and parties in the streets. In London, cheering crowds gathered from Trafalgar Square to Buckingham Palace, where King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by Prime Minister Winston Churchill, appeared on the balcony of the palace. In the United States, President Harry Truman who celebrated his 61st birthday that day, dedicated the victory to the memory of his predecessor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, whohad been committed to ending the war. Roosevelt had died less than a month earlier, on April 12. This is a picture of a V-E Day celebration in Brussels, Belgium, from the WWII scrapbook of Frank R. Dahowski, Jr., of Montague, Massachusetts.