A statue of the famous V-J Day kiss is making a brief stop in Visalia today as part of the Keep the Spirit of 45 Alive project.
The traveling statue is scheduled to be at the World War II mural on South Mooney Boulevard at noon, said Bob McNabb of the Visalia Veterans Committee.
As the Japanese surrendered, a kiss between a nurse and sailor on Aug. 14, 1945, in Times Square in New York City was immortalized in a photograph by the late Alfred Eisenstaedt. The black-and-white icon came to represent the end of World War II.
The nurse, Edith Shain, 91, visited Visalia in February 2010. She died in June 2010. The sailor in the photograph was never identified.
The 6-foot-tall traveling statue is a replica of the 25-foot-tall sculpture by Seward Johnson displayed in front of the USS Midway in San Diego.
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