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02-20-2019, 02:52 AM
Florida Statue Depicting V-J Day Kiss Vandalized With '#MeToo' Paint
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Florida-Statue-Depicting-V-J-Day-Kiss-Vandalized-With-MeToo-Paint-506042411.html
The sailor who was depicted in the stature died Sunday at age 95
Published Feb 19, 2019 at 11:01 AM | Updated at 8:45 PM EST on Feb 19, 2019
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A statue in Florida depicting the iconic image of a sailor kissing a woman in Times Square while celebrating the end of World War II was found vandalized with the "#MeToo" hashtag just days after the sailor died, police said.
The "Unconditional Surrender" statue in Sarasota was discovered with the hashtag spray-painted in red on the nurse's leg just before 1 a.m. Tuesday, Sarasota police officials said.
Police said they canvassed the area but found no other objects spray-painted. There were no surveillance cameras in the area that would have captured the vandalism, police said.
"The approximate damage is estimated to be more than $1,000 due to the large area that the graffiti covers, and the resources needed to repair it," police said in a statement.
The statue depicts the kiss between George Mendonsa and Greta Zimmer Friedman on Aug. 14, 1945 — known as V-J Day, the day Japan surrendered to the United States. Mendonsa planted a kiss on Friedman, whom he had never met, and the photo became one of the most famous of the 20th century.
https://peopledotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/times-square-kiss-435.jpg?w=435
Mendonsa died Sunday at age 95 after he fell and had a seizure at the assisted living facility in Middletown, Rhode Island, where he lived with his wife of 70 years. Friedman died in 2016 at the age of 92 at a hospital in Richmond, Virginia, from complications of old age.
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Florida-Statue-Depicting-V-J-Day-Kiss-Vandalized-With-MeToo-Paint-506042411.html
The sailor who was depicted in the stature died Sunday at age 95
Published Feb 19, 2019 at 11:01 AM | Updated at 8:45 PM EST on Feb 19, 2019
https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/34f360d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1000x563+0+0/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fewscripps.brightspotcdn.com%2Fb 4%2Fec%2F26babcd347f68d11d8a0edb61428%2Fsarasota-kissing-statue-vandalized-metoo.png
A statue in Florida depicting the iconic image of a sailor kissing a woman in Times Square while celebrating the end of World War II was found vandalized with the "#MeToo" hashtag just days after the sailor died, police said.
The "Unconditional Surrender" statue in Sarasota was discovered with the hashtag spray-painted in red on the nurse's leg just before 1 a.m. Tuesday, Sarasota police officials said.
Police said they canvassed the area but found no other objects spray-painted. There were no surveillance cameras in the area that would have captured the vandalism, police said.
"The approximate damage is estimated to be more than $1,000 due to the large area that the graffiti covers, and the resources needed to repair it," police said in a statement.
The statue depicts the kiss between George Mendonsa and Greta Zimmer Friedman on Aug. 14, 1945 — known as V-J Day, the day Japan surrendered to the United States. Mendonsa planted a kiss on Friedman, whom he had never met, and the photo became one of the most famous of the 20th century.
https://peopledotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/times-square-kiss-435.jpg?w=435
Mendonsa died Sunday at age 95 after he fell and had a seizure at the assisted living facility in Middletown, Rhode Island, where he lived with his wife of 70 years. Friedman died in 2016 at the age of 92 at a hospital in Richmond, Virginia, from complications of old age.