Ken Detzner Launches New WWII Memorial Campaign

Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner is launching a new initiative, Victory Florida, to commemorate the 70 years that have passed since the end of World War II.

Detzner will make the announcement Monday at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee.

August 15, 2015, marks the 70-year anniversary of V-Day, or Victory Day, which marked the end of World War II in 1945. According to a press release, Victory Florida will draw attention to this important anniversary during 2015. The campaign will "honor and celebrate the heroes and heroines of World War II" while educating Floridians about the important role the Sunshine State played on the battlefield and on the home front.

According to Victory Day's website, by Dec. 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and the United States officially entered the war, more than 170 military installations were established in Florida.After the war in 1945, many surviving service members who had been stationed in Florida prior to active duty returned to settle here. The states population grew more than 46 percent during the 1940s and even more in the '50s as a likely result of the wartime military postings.

Currently, over 1.5 million veterans call Florida home.