{"id":2508,"date":"2025-08-29T12:52:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chiltondurham-tc.gov.uk\/?p=2508"},"modified":"2026-03-21T15:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:34:16","slug":"vj-day-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chiltondurham-tc.gov.uk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/29\/vj-day-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"VJ Day 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2508\" class=\"elementor elementor-2508\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d76b44e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d76b44e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c183885 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c183885\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-700118f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"700118f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><h3 id=\"vjday80thanniversaryservicethankyouforjoiningus\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/svg\/1f1ec-1f1e7.svg\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\" \/> VJ Day 80th Anniversary Service \u2013 Thank You for Joining Us<\/h3><p>On <strong>15th August 2025<\/strong>, the Town Council held a commemorative service at the Memorial outside Hutton House to mark the <strong>80th Anniversary of VJ Day<\/strong>.<\/p><p>We were honoured to welcome members of the community who gathered at <strong>11:55am<\/strong> to pay tribute to those who served and sacrificed during the Second World War. The service began just before noon and was a heartfelt moment of reflection and remembrance.<\/p><p>Following the service, guests were invited into Hutton House for <strong>refreshments and cake<\/strong>, where donations were kindly received. We\u2019re pleased to share that all contributions will be <strong>shared equally between Help For Heroes and Combat Stress<\/strong>, supporting veterans and their families.<\/p><p>Thank you to everyone who attended and helped make this a meaningful occasion.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97c8c06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"97c8c06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chiltondurham-tc.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/thumbnail_IMG_2227-768x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2511\" alt=\"VJ Day 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chiltondurham-tc.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/thumbnail_IMG_2227-768x1024.webp 768w, 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