While I am sure all witches and wizards are celebrating today, we must not forget about the wizards mourning the loss of the ones who were lost during the epic battle. We must consider the Weasleys and poor George today as they mourn the loss of Fred Weasley. We must remember little Teddy as he mourns the loss of his great parents. And (grudgingly) we must think of Draco Malfoy as he mourns the loss of his long-time best friend/cronie Crabbe. As we remember the great fall of Voldemort we must also remember thse who dedicated their lives to stopping him and even perhaps died for "the greater good".

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WW. All I have to say. ;)

WOW! way to harry!

yay!!!!! voldemort is dead!

Happy Independence Day! That's what I'd call it. And this is neat. :D

HAPPY 10th ANNIVERSARY R.I.P for all this who died fighting

Ten years since the fall of You Know Who! Let us rejoice.

hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Obviously, the wizarding name for the holiday is "The Awesome Celebration Of The Epic Defeat Of Voldemort", also known was TACOFTEDOV Day, (pronouced ta-cough-tea-dove day) and is celebrated in all countries except the Philippines, who instead celebrate "The Awesome Triumph Of Harry Potter", also known as TATOFHP Day, (pronounced tay-toe-fup).

"We did it, we bashed them, wee Potter's the one, And Voldy's gone moldy, so now let's have fun!" Hahahaha:) I'm actually sorry it is all over! I miss it!

WORST DAY IN THE WORLD! That ending was so cliche. LV should have lived, or been revived. Now its just the regular "happily ever after" ridiculous! And what wa so wrong with having DE's?? Then the balance was equal. Without it it was stupid. Just the same old stuff. I thought JK was better than that, more creative. Deathly Hallows should be re-werote.

WOOO!!! Good job Harry!!!! Today is also my little sister's birthday!!!!!

YAY! lol I had no idea that today was the actual day. Could we call it Harry Potter Day - the Sequel? haha cuz you know like in the first book when McGonagall said they'll call today HP Day? okay yeahhh. Well anyways, it's a good day! =]

Yay!! I suppose wizards would call this V-Day, or something. Happy V-Day!

I think it's ZOMFWekickeddeatheaterass ! Day. =)

wow 10 years!!! Jo you're so freakin amazing!! and Harry too!!! i totally agree with Andrew, the Battle of Hogwarts is just about the greatest thing i've ever read! to create something so real!!! id imagine they'd have a name for it...i mean they celebrated his downfall the first time with Dadeleus Diggle sending off shooting stars (i believe thats correct)!!! why wouldnt they "celebrate" his death?. its sad though when you think about....its all over..you know. the series......and yet....everything has just begun!!?

10 years! oh that so strange to think that Harry would have kids by now..

Aww ten years of no attempts at Harry's life! Yeahh! If that's not success, I don't know what is... Still, it's a little weird to think that we just learned about this less than a year ago, when it really took place ten years ago...

WOW! LOOK AT ALL THESE COMMENTS!!! OVER 200 COMMTS SINCE TODAY! HAPPY HARRY POTTER DAY TO EVERYONE AND ALL!

WOW! LOOK AT ALL THESE COMMENTS!!! OVER 200 COMMTS SINCE TODAY! HAPPY HARRY POTTER DAY TO EVERYONE AND ALL!

AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE TRAILER BY NEXT WEEK MAY 9TH! LET THE ANTICIPATION BEGIN!!!

AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE TRAILER BY NEXT WEEK MAY 9TH! LET THE ANTICIPATION BEGIN!!!

Congradulations! :) love that scene

Oh, almost forgot...JO ROCKS ON!!!! Congrats to all the wizards out there also!!!

aaaaaaaaa I wish I had remembered! I went on a picnic with my nominally-HP-fan-ish friends (yes we're wierd) this afternoon and I could have bugged them about it all day! but nooooo. oh well. I love bugging people about real-time HP anniversaries. And as for the name ........ *drumroll* ...... "HARRY POTTER DAY PART TWO"!

Happy 2:nd Harry Potter day! This is hopefully gonna be called the "2:nd Harry Potter day" considering the first "defeating" of Voldie was according to macGonagall called the "Harry Potter day!" And it fist with the 2nd of May :)

Ten years since the downfall of Voldemort AND happy birthday to Victorie Weasley, shes turning 9 years today. I wonder why nobody have written anything about that. /Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus.

alas, if only Merope Riddle had stayed with her son, or if his father never left, Lord Voldemort may never had killed at all and may have done good in the world, oh well. LONG LIVE HARRY POTTER!

HARRY!!!!!!!! TRIUMPHANT OVER HE-WHO-MUST-BE-NAMED!!!!! !! Thank you Jo for providing me with 10 years of Harry and his adventures to stop the Dark Lord. Jo you complete me. GO HARRY!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy End of the Dark Lord Day (kudos to kaliu6 for that name)!!!!!!

HARRY!!!!!!!! TRIUMPHANT OVER HE-WHO-MUST-BE-NAMED!!!!! !! Thank you Jo for providing me with 10 years of Harry and his adventures to stop the Dark Lord. Jo you complete me. GO HARRY!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy End of the Dark Lord Day (kudos to kaliu6 for that name)!!!!!!

YEAH!!!!!go harry!!!woot woot! RIP fred remus tonks and all other fighters!!! i was 2 years old that day!!lol this shall b a day 2 celebrate.....and i did!! the ice cream truck just came and i enjoyed a chocolate shortcake!! i wonder if harry ginny ron etc have like a special dinner or something to celebrate/mourn the loss of friends and family and the defeat of voldy?? the ex death eaters r probably like screw this day!!!lol

That's so great. Indeed we must thank Jo for giving us this amazing world that changed our lives so much that we actually are happy about this day even though some may say it's just fiction. Because it's not! For all of us who have read the books, and love them so much, it is as real as each and everyone of us. So, HAPPY END OF YOU KNOW WHO DAY!!!!!!!!

Happy 10th Harry & co, you did it!!! RIP all the other hero's who laid their lives down for the cause, you will never be forgotten, & a very happy birthday to Victorie Weasley

I've been announcing the celebration of today since early this morning! I haven't read ALL comments, but scanned over a number of them. If anyone has seen the Weasley family tree it very distinctly states that Fred died in 1997. Wouldn't this mean it's the 11th anniversary??? Just wonderin' : )

10 YEARS!!!Well done to all those who died and those who lived during that battle I'm sure a fitting tribute is taking place at Hogwarts!!! (PS. Happy 9th birthday Victoire!!!)

woo! go harry ! go harry!! *shots gold sparks from my wand* celebrations!

yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! isn't that so cool??????????????

I'd go with V-H Day (Victory in Hogwarts)...or just plain old Happy Harry Potter day! Weird cuz we had an early Cinco de Mayo party in Spanish 2day, so I'll count it as a tribute to Harry Potter. Harry...I ate chips and salsa for U =)

This is all good and well, but...who here celebrates for the true main character? No, not Harry, though he was a huge part of everything. I speak of Lord Voldemort. Without him, none of Harry's adventures would be possible. He would've grown up a normal kid, and where's the fun in that? I take this day to mourn the defeat of a great wizard. Greater than Albus Dumbledore, perhaps. Here is to you, Lord Voldemort. (And it's not like Harry even killed him. The only spell he knows is expelliarmus.)

how about..... WWW [wizarding world war!] Memorial day? Tri W Memorial?

yeah so it was foolishness and arrgornance that killed voldemort... to everyone who is confused about the years: Harry was born on July 1980. It was hallowin after his first bday when the story started-1981. In the second chapter it says that nearly 10 years have passed from the end of that october-1991. He starts Hogwarts in september the year turns to 1992. In the DH the story(pre epiloge)it is 1997-1998. 19 years later from the end of the book-2017. Voldemort's Defeat was in 1998

awesome. just so awesome.

It's Victus Day! LET'S PARTAY!

Aw, thanks SO much Jo! There are no words to describe how grateful we millions of people are. And congragulations Harry, for such an amazing victory! Hope the wizarding world is well!

"We did it, we bashed them, wee Potter's the One, Now Voldies gone Moldy so now lets have fun!" *Sniff* Then it is also the Death Day of Remus, 'Dora, Fred, Colin, and all of those other people!!:( Remus the last Marauder....

I'm so glad! Thank you so much for posting this, it came at exactly the right time! Seven cheers for the good guys, the good guys trying to disguise their goodness, the initially bad guys who turn out good and even the truly bad guys - sorry, you'll always have to succumb to good, but you sure put up a good fight ;)

Uh, one the family tree it said that Fred died in 1997, so is the date right on the news thing. Sorry just a thought.

Witch_Lady , YOU'RE RIGHT VOLDEMORT WAS POWERFUL THAN POTTER, AFTER ALL DUMBLEDORE SAID THAT IT WOULD TAKT "UNCOMMON MAGICAL SKILL" TO DEFEAT VOLDEMORT, EVEN IF HE WAS A MORTAL... THEN WHY WAS YOUNG HARRY POTTER THE ONLY ONE TO DEFEAT HIM, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PROPHECY FOLKS! THE CHOSEN ONE, HAD A POWER THAT VOLDEMORT DID NOT POSSES... LOVE! AND THAT MADE HARRY POTTER MORE POWERFUL THAN THE EVIL LORD. NOW MANY OF YOU MAY ARGUE THAT LOVE ONLY SAVED HIS LIFE WHEN VOLDEMORT KILLED HIM, BUT DID NOT KILL VOLDEMORT... TRUE, IT WAS THE ELDER WAND PLOT THAT KILLED VOLDEMORT. BUT THINK OF IT THIS WAY. THE PROPHECY SAID "AND THE DARK LORD SHALL MARK HIM AS HIS EQUAL, BUT HE WILL HAVE POWERS THE DARK LORD KNOWS NOT".. THIS WASN'T ONLY LOVE TRELAWNEY WAS TALKING ABOUT, IT WAS THE POWER OF THE ELDER WAND, AND VOLDEMORT'S IGNORANCE THAT KILLED HIM. HARRY POTTER HAD THE TRUE POWER OF THE ELDER WAND, THAT VOLDEMORT DID NOT KNOW.... SO TO SUM IT ALL UP, LOVE DID NOT DESTROY VOLDEMORT, IT JUST SAVED HARRY POTTER'S LIFE NUMEREOUS OF TIMES. THANKS TO THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, IT WAS THE ONLY THINGS THAT COULD BRING VOLDEMORTS DOWNFALL.

Witch_Lady , YOU'RE RIGHT VOLDEMORT WAS POWERFUL THAN POTTER, AFTER ALL DUMBLEDORE SAID THAT IT WOULD TAKT "UNCOMMON MAGICAL SKILL" TO DEFEAT VOLDEMORT, EVEN IF HE WAS A MORTAL... THEN WHY WAS YOUNG HARRY POTTER THE ONLY ONE TO DEFEAT HIM, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PROPHECY FOLKS! THE CHOSEN ONE, HAD A POWER THAT VOLDEMORT DID NOT POSSES... LOVE! AND THAT MADE HARRY POTTER MORE POWERFUL THAN THE EVIL LORD. NOW MANY OF YOU MAY ARGUE THAT LOVE ONLY SAVED HIS LIFE WHEN VOLDEMORT KILLED HIM, BUT DID NOT KILL VOLDEMORT... TRUE, IT WAS THE ELDER WAND PLOT THAT KILLED VOLDEMORT. BUT THINK OF IT THIS WAY. THE PROPHECY SAID "AND THE DARK LORD SHALL MARK HIM AS HIS EQUAL, BUT HE WILL HAVE POWERS THE DARK LORD KNOWS NOT".. THIS WASN'T ONLY LOVE TRELAWNEY WAS TALKING ABOUT, IT WAS THE POWER OF THE ELDER WAND, AND VOLDEMORT'S IGNORANCE THAT KILLED HIM. HARRY POTTER HAD THE TRUE POWER OF THE ELDER WAND, THAT VOLDEMORT DID NOT KNOW.... SO TO SUM IT ALL UP, LOVE DID NOT DESTROY VOLDEMORT, IT JUST SAVED HARRY POTTER'S LIFE NUMEREOUS OF TIMES. THANKS TO THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, IT WAS THE ONLY THINGS THAT COULD BRING VOLDEMORTS DOWNFALL.

It's DEFINITELY "Voldy Got PWN'D Day"...