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Girls arrive wearing hoops skirts. Thousands of reenactors and spectators filled Appomattox Courthouse National Historical Park on Thursday, April 9, 2015 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant and the end of the Civil War.
Photo by Pat Jarrett
A U.S. Army color guard and firing detail from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) were part of the opening ceremonies April 9, 2015, for a special observance and reenactment for the 150th anniversary of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant April 9, 1865, at Appomattox, Va. The Old Guard served at Appomattox in 1865. The event featured hundreds of Civil War reenactors, such as those shown here, and thousands of spectators. (Photos courtesy Kim and Mary Jane Holien)
When you see the glistening water droplets dripping from this tiny spider you could be forgiven for thinking that it's surrendering to the weather. In fact a few seconds after I took this picture, the wee beastie (no bigger than a pinhead) shot out a single filament of gossamer silk to a plant at least six feet away and escaped across it to fight another day.
1/250 second at f4 and ISO 100, with my little Panasonic DMC-TZ20 pocket camera set on macro mode.
Appomattox Court House / Formal Surrender Ceremony / Union Line at Court House / Confederate Resident Spectator
I just took a random shot into the crowd. It looks like I may have caught something here.
A furtive glance.
A meaningful stare.
A drunken gaze.
Something.
Unconditional Surrender by Seward Johnson based on the famous post-WWII photo by Victor Jorgensen. I saw this statue originally when it was first installed in Times Square. I wasn't able to find information on this, but I know I have photos of it from back then--perhaps 2010.
Tuna Harbor Park. San Diego, California.
"Unconditional Surrender," a 25-foot tall statue, sits next to San Diego Bay in photo given art look with Topaz Simplify software. Photo by Scott Harrison
“Unconditional Surrender” which is based on the “A kiss to Remember” photograph.
Picture taken at USS Midway Museum • San Diego California.
“Unconditional Surrender,” is 25-foot, 6,000 pound statue by world-renowned artist J. Seward Johnson commemorating a famous World War II photo. (photos)
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The Fine People At Wikipeda have this to say about the original picture(s) this was based on.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%E2%80%93J_day_in_Times_Square
V–J day in Times Square, perhaps the most famous photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, is of an American sailor kissing a young woman on V-J Day in Times Square on August 14, 1945, that was originally published in Life magazine. (The photograph is known under various names: V-J day in Times Square, V-Day, etc.[1])
Because Eisenstaedt was photographing rapidly changing events during the V-J celebrations he didn't get a chance to get names and details. The photograph does not clearly show the faces of either kisser and several people have laid claim to being the subjects. The photo was shot just south of 45th Street looking north from a location where Broadway and Seventh Avenue converge.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%E2%80%93J_day_in_Times_Square
However it does seem this statute is based on another photo taken at the same time by a navy photographer. (from the same Wiki entry):
U.S. Navy photo journalist Victor Jorgensen captured another view of the same scene, which was published in the New York Times.[4] This photograph shows less of Times Square in the background and does not show the full body of either the sailor or the nurse. Unlike the Eisenstaedt photograph, this photograph is in the public domain (by virtue of being produced by a federal government employee on official position).