Last year we were told that the "Kiss" statue would be with us no longer as it was to be moved to a place in Branson, Missouri. This, of course, is a statue of the sailor kissing the nurse made so famous in the photo in Times Square, New York City, in the celebration that took place after the announcement was made that Japan had surrendered.
It is one of four bronze statues of the event around the United States and McHenry has had one for several years now. It was displayed in front of the gazebo, as usual.
We were told that Branson fell through because they didn't want to pay the high cost to ship the statue there.
Their Loss, our Gain. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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