Kissing Sailor Statue
Location: Tuna Harbor Park, San Diego CA
When to visit: During daylight hours
Cost: Free
Time needed to enjoy: 10 minutes
Website: None
It’s been a rough couple of months for iconic statues in major American cities. Chicago lost its Marilyn Monroe statue earlier this month, and San Diego has been struggling to keep the statue of a Navy sailor kissing a nurse. The statue, designed after the famous photo taken in Times Square from World War II, has been in San Diego along the harbor since 2007 but its days are numbered.
The statue is 25 feet tall, weighs 6,000 pounds and is officially called “Unconditional Surrender,” by J. Seward Johnson. It’s not far from the Maritime Museum and the other attractions along the harbor.
It was originally scheduled to leave the city in February, but that was pushed back to mid-May. Which is right now. So go now, quick!!
The Midway Museum, by the way, intends to install a permanent bronze re-creation of the statue. At least report, they had raised $600,000 of the $900k needed for the project.
Sad that they’re tearing it down! That’s such an iconic San Diego site. I’ll be headed there in June…I wonder if it will have survived through then.
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Yes, but at least they will be replacing it!
Why does it have to go? Is it going some place else? Who made it. Who owns it? Thanks, John
Looks like it’s going back to the artist’s studio in New Jersey:
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/may/30/kiss-statue-taken-down-replacement-scheduled-end-y/
That’s such an iconic statue I’m sure they’ll raise the rest of the funds
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I bet they will
Wow! That looks like an impressive statue! Sad that I will be missing seeing it in person
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It is cool to see in person.
Believe it or not, there is another one of these in Civitavecchia, Italy.
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Interesting. It seems like a universal image!
Awesome statue!
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It is very cool.
What a big warm kiss i like it
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