The other day we took a walk
along the harbor. As we approached the Midway Museum we saw this fab statue of
a sailor kissing a nurse. Daddy explained that the sculpture is called
Unconditional Surrender by Seward Johnson. It resembles a photograph by Alfred
Eisenstaedt, V–J day in
Times Square that depicted the joy Americans felt when WWII ended. I thought
that was interesting. Annie was perplexed by the giant people until I explained
that it was only the sculpture. The real people were not actually 25 feet tall.
Great statue! Play bows,
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My Mom's dad was at the Eiffel Tower on VJ Day. He had a newspaper signed in many different languages by many people from all over the world celebrating. I can sure see why Annie would be intimidated by 25 ft. tall people! It's a very cool statue!
ReplyDeleteA 25 foot statue depicting THAT kiss makes a statement. Rosy, you and Annie look so small in comparison that it makes you realize how tall it is! I was a little girl when the war ended but I still remember how excited everyone was and I was excited too. It seems everyone was so patriotic then. xo
ReplyDeleteRosy they talked about the photo that this sculpture is a replica of on NPR today. They did some research and found out the photo was taken at 6:51 on VJ day in Times Square so today people were going to recreate this photo in Times Square!
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