Times Square Kiss-In Commemorates V-J Day

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Last Saturday people gathered for a kiss-in in New York's famous Times Square. It was more than a little strange in as much as the event was both a re-enactment and a commemoration. However, as kiss-ins go, this has some history behind it.

More importantly it commemorated the 65th anniversary of V-J Day. The celebrations were to mark the day, 65 years ago, that Japan surrendered and which ultimately ended the Second World War. As such it both commemorates the end of the biggest conflict in human history, the lives lost during the war and those saved due to its end.

(thanks Robert-John)