Nassau marks 80th anniversary of end of World War II with military parade

Nassau marks 80th anniversary of end of World War II with military parade

Hundreds of people gathered at Eisenhower Park Saturday for an up-close view of some of the vehicles that helped the Allies prevail in the second world war.

As part of our Sunday reflection on the civilizational aspect of the new world already there and its claim to membership in areas of civilizations with the choice to think politics in historical depth, the Second World War plays a central role because most of the common institutional stakes, starting with the Charter of the United Nations, originate in this event. Similarly the reference to tradition is appropriate either by the communists or by…