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"Unconditional Surrender" is a 25-foot tall, 6,000 pound sculpture created by J. Seward Johnson. Based on a photo taken the day World War II ended, it features a sailor kissing a nurse.
.... no use protesting!
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I visited the the iconic statue "Unconditional Surrender" down at the port. This sculpture was inspired by the classic photo of a nurse embraced in a kiss with a sailor in Times Square during World War II. The sculpture is on loan with the Port of San Diego.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Warren County
The area which is now Vicksburg was long occupied by the Natchez Native Americans as part of their historical territory along the Mississippi. The Natchez spoke a language isolate not related to the Muskogean languages of the other major tribes in the area. Before the Natchez, other indigenous cultures had occupied this strategic area for thousands of years.
The first Europeans who settled the area were French colonists, who built Fort-Saint-Pierre in 1719 on the high bluffs overlooking the Yazoo River at present-day Redwood. They conducted fur trading with the Natchez and others and started plantations.
The Choctaw Nation took over the area by right of conquest and inhabited it for several decades. Under pressure from the US government, in 1801 the Choctaw agreed to cede nearly 2,000,000 acres (8,100 km2) of land to the US under the terms of the Treaty of Fort Adams. The treaty was the first of a series that eventually led to the removal in 1830 of most of the Choctaw to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.
In 1790, the Spanish founded a military outpost on the site, which they called Fort Nogales (nogales meaning "walnut trees"). When the Americans took possession in 1798 following the American Revolutionary War and a treaty with Spain, they changed the name to Walnut Hills. The small village was incorporated in 1825 as Vicksburg, named after Newitt Vick, a Methodist minister who had established a Protestant mission on the site.
During the American Civil War, the city finally surrendered during the Siege of Vicksburg, after which the Union Army gained control of the entire Mississippi River. The 47-day siege was intended to starve the city into submission. Its location atop a high bluff overlooking the Mississippi River proved otherwise impregnable to assault by federal troops. The surrender of Vicksburg by Confederate General John C. Pemberton on July 4, 1863, together with the defeat of General Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg the day before, has historically marked the turning point in the Civil War in the Union's favor.
The Arms surrendered by Huji and HM militants on display during a surrender cermony in awantipura .6 dreaded militants hailing from Doda district of J&K surrendered before the GOC 15 Corps Mr A.S.Sekhon and pledged to join the main stream .
The surrendered by Huji and HM militants on display during a surrender cermony in awantipura .6 dreaded militants hailing from Doda district of J&K surrendered before the GOC 15 Corps Mr A.S.Sekhon and pledged to join the main stream .
“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).
"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
Journalists are laughing because they are hesitant to part with their paraphernalia for even just a moment.
"I'm giving you my heart, and all that is within
I lay it all down for the sake of you my King
I'm giving you my dreams, I'm laying down my rights
I'm giving up my pride for the promise of new life
And I surrender all to you, all to you"
Yeah, definitely not SOOC. The original didn't have enough color, so I upped the vibrance a bit. Overall, it turned out pretty much what I imagined. :)
Interesting story behind this picture too. My cousin and I were driving back to my house when I saw the photo opportunity, so I went home and grabbed my camera and tripod. Go out, take some pictures of the clouds and sun, then head home. Take my memory card out of my camera, then I put it in my computer. It's corrupt. 14GB of pictures gone. Check my files on my computer, then I realize that I actually happened to be up-to-date with my picture saving. The memory wipe did me a favor! Didn't have the pictures I just took though, so I went out and retook them. See the sun come out of the clouds, and that was where this picture came from. :)
God is awesome.
Medium: Texture paint, acrylic on canvas
This painting is about using religion as a crutch to do what you want. Freud called this process of conjuring up socially acceptable actions based on unacceptable motives rationalization. For most Indians, religion is a huge component of their lives whether directly or indirectly, so for most people, it has also become a loophole or a matter of convenience.
I Surrender From the highest tower, I will call you home
It's the same old story, love will find it's own
You come to me, conspiracy of the night
The heart that you want just happens to be mine
Thieves in the dark, you ought to be locked in chains
But you wind up on my side, and what will be will be
That you wear a disguise, the epitome of deceit
The face of a friend invisible on the street
If you're battling to be mine, I'm victorious in defeat
And I surrender, I surrender
Anybody want me, anyone know my name
Do it in a lifetime, you be dust and the soul survives
Evens up the score
From the highest tower, I will call you home
It's the same old story, love will find it's own
And I surrender, take me for all time
Love that lasts forever, I surrender
We are elite, prisoners of the night
We fight to the finish and savour the delights
It's your body that got me beat, at I'm crumbling at your feet
I surrender, I surrender
I will walk through fire, keep you safe and sound
In the final hour, turn my life around
And I surrender, take me for all time
This is my life story, I've been lost and found
In the final hour, turn my life around
And I surrender. take me for all time
Love as warm as wine, and I surrender
Take me for all time, love that lasts forever
I Surrender