Deborah ([info]deebolikewhoa) wrote,
First of all check out this great shirt from Delias:
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And Secondly, did anyone else see this article about the new statue in New York City?
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CNN did this story on it:

"The woman in an iconic photograph of an American sailor rapturously kissing a nurse during a V-J Day parade unveiled a sculpture of the clinch Thursday, saying she still doesn't know who kissed her 60 years ago.

Taken in Times Square and entitled "V-J Day," the picture by Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstadt came to symbolize euphoria, as crowds celebrated the Allied victory in Japan at the end of World War II on August 14, 1945.

"The guy grabbed me, I closed my eyes and after he left me alone, I walked away," said Edith Shain, a petite and still-spry woman who just turned 87.

"Of course I let him kiss me because he had been in the war, and he had fought for me so I was real happy to do what I could," she told reporters, standing next to the sculpture that will be in a Times Square traffic island until August 14.

"I wasn't shocked because everyone was being kissed, and why not? It was a great day."

The aluminum sculpture, which is slightly larger-than-life and painted in life-like colors, was made by artist J. Seward Johnson, who gave it the title "Unconditional Surrender." After August 14 it will find a home in a gallery.

Shain was a 27-year-old nurse at the time, and she later became a school teacher in California where she married and had three children.

Various men have claimed to be the man in the photo, but she says it is impossible to know who it was for sure.

"There are 20 of these guys that are saying they were the guy. They all went around kissing people so they assumed it was them," she said.

Shain, who will host a public "kiss-in" on the site of the famous embrace Sunday, said the original kiss lasted six or seven seconds but did not rate as one of the best in her life.

"I've had a lot of best kisses. This was somebody I didn't know, so I couldn't relate to it at all," she said. "

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[info]meetmeinberlin

August 13 2005, 15:04:52 UTC 6 years ago

I saw the report on CNN yesterday. I thought it was a cute little peice. Anyway, I know we haven't hung out for a long time but it would nice if you could get together with me and the girls before you go away. We would all like to see you before you leave.

[info]deebolikewhoa

August 13 2005, 16:05:05 UTC 6 years ago

That sounds good. This coming week I'm working pretty much everyday, and Saturday I'm going to New York. But, besides packing I don't have any plans for the week before I leave. That would be the 21-27. So let me know if there is something in particular you think would be fun.

[info]katiep1013

August 13 2005, 16:20:32 UTC 6 years ago

whoa deborah! you're going to new york on saturday...the 20th??
if so...guess who else is gonna be in new york that day?!
MEEE haha
that's pretty crazy
i probably won't see you..i'm going with my mom and brother..but that's still pretty awesome.
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