VE Day 80: "Each poppy represents an individual story" at Lincoln display
We've been talking to Lincoln's International Bomber Command Centre about the importance of VE Day.
The International Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln is set to hold a series of events to commemorate VE Day.
It's 80 years since allied troops in Europe declared victory over Nazi Germany, ending World War Two, on May 8th 1945.
The centre is a year-round museum and memorial, celebrating Bomber Command, the RAF unit.
"The reality is this may well be the very last time that we can commemorate this in the living memory with live veterans with us," said Nicky van der Drift, CEO at The International Bomber Command Centre.
"Our youngest veteran is 99 and the oldest is 104. So there is going to come a time when we can't hold these celebrations.
"I think for them, for their families, it's really important that they know that we are honouring them, what they did to get us to VE Day.
"For the generations present and to come, it's really important they understand the sacrifice that they made to get to this point."
There is a free concert at the centre from 2pm featuring the Blighty Belles, as well as lighting of beacon's around the spire on Thursday night.
Visitors can also enjoy the IBCC's Lancaster Poppy Display until September. Created by artist Darius Sirmulevicius it's been receiving widescale praise.
Anyone is able to buy a poppy from the over 20,000 that make up the artwork, with all money raised going to charity.
"Each poppy represents an individual story, but collectively, that story is with all of those poppies, all of those voices. So we call it an orchestra of voices," said Nicky van der Drift.
"It represents so many individual stories. And I think what it does is it captures the attention and it makes people step back and think.
"And certainly visitors that we've had to the display so far have been very moved by what they've seen."