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Countdown To The Kiss-In!
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Jen Carlson
Published Aug 13, 2010
Modified Aug 13, 2010
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Original photo circa 1945, and Kiss-In photo from 2007 via daniella zalcman's flickr
The annual Kiss-In is about to go down in Times Square. Registration is currently open for the event tomorrow, which celebrates the anniversary of the end of World War II, and urges couples to recreate that now iconic kiss between two strangers in 1945. The reenactment happens at noon, and the first 200 participating attendees will receive a complimentary commemorative Times Square sailor's cap or rose—bonus points for wearing a costume. Earlier this year, Edith Shain, the nurse in the original photo, died at the age of 91—she never found out who the stranger was who grabbed her on that day.
More details can be found here; if you get some good shots, send them to us a photos(at)gothamist(dot)com, or tag them "Gothamist" on Flickr!
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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