Come to Rollinsford’s historic Colonel Paul Wentworth House for a one-day living history event commemorating V-J Day. On September 2, 1945, representatives of Imperial Japan signed surrender documents marking the official end of World War II. Come find out how US participation in the global conflict affected American military personnel and civilians.
Historical reenactors in period uniforms will display the equipment, weapons, and routines of US soldiers on the grounds of the Wentworth House. Inside the house, visitors will get a feel for life on the home front during the war through 1940s music and radio broadcasts, newsreel films and cartoons, artifacts such as ration cards and V-mail, and the magazines and newspapers that chronicled the war, including one from the day after Pearl Harbor.
Tours of the house will also be offered throughout the day!