Midway to announce

The USS Midway
discount ray bans Museum plans to announce a fund raising plan Thursday to install a permanent version of the
replica ray ban sunglasses "Kiss" statue on the downtown waterfront.Formally called "Unconditional Surrender," a urethane foam version of the 25 foot statue of a sailor embracing a nurse has been just south of the carrier on the G Street Mole since 2007. It is due to be removed next month for repairs.The San Diego Unified Port District last month voted to approve a permanent bronze version if a donor covered all costs.The Midway board voted to launch a campaign and its president and CEO, Mac McLaughlin, said he would announce details once most of the money had been raised. press conference is scheduled at the site to reveal the details."The museum has been working on a multi faceted plan to save this tribute to the 16 million men and women who defended America in World War II," said Midway spokesman Scott McGaugh. "The announcement will include a vision for a permanent bronze replacement statue, financial progress to date, and opportunities for San Diego to make it a reality."Three members of the port’s art committee resigned after the board acted. The committee had ruled that the the statue did not comply with the port’s new public art guidelines, principally members said it is not a unique work or artistically superior.The statue is by J. Seward Johnson II, 82, an artist and grandson of the founder
cheap ray bans of Johnson Johnson. He took the concept from a scene in New York City, captured by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt and printed on the cover of Life magazine, on the day the Japanese announced their surrender at the end of World War II.Former art committee member Donald Reeves had urged the port to accept the urethane statue on
replica ray bans loan and lately was campaigning for a permanent version. The Statue Foundation in Santa Monica markets Johnson’s works.Articles Connexes


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