"A Bouquet of Heroes" float in the World War II Victory parader

1945-09-30 / Downtown Lorain
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A photograph of the VJ (Victory over Japan) parade in downtown Lorain, Ohio celebrating the end of World War II. The unit processing in this view of the parade is a float with a basket-shape papier-mache sculpture. The label on the basket sculpture is "A Bouquet of Heroes". There is a sign at the bottom right of the float which states "Admiral King Chapter". August 1945.

Photographer unknown.

~ Lorain Public Library System, “"A Bouquet of Heroes" float in the World War II Victory parader,” Lorain County Memory, accessed November 13, 2026, https://loraincountymemory.org/items/show/1737.

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"A Bouquet of Heroes" float in the World War II Victory parader

Description

A photograph of the VJ (Victory over Japan) parade in downtown Lorain, Ohio celebrating the end of World War II. The unit processing in this view of the parade is a float with a basket-shape papier-mache sculpture. The label on the basket sculpture is "A Bouquet of Heroes". There is a sign at the bottom right of the float which states "Admiral King Chapter". August 1945.

Photographer unknown.

Publisher

Lorain Public Library System

Date

1945-09-30

Contributor

Lorain Public Library System

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Image

Identifier

Item #1737

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Lorain, Ohio