Iconic WWII Sailor Kissing Nurse Statue Spray Painted With #MeToo: Police

Iconic WWII Sailor Kissing Nurse Statue Spray Painted With #MeToo: Police
A statue based on an iconic photo was vandalized with the text "#MeToo" on Feb. 19, 2019. Sarasota Police and Victor Jorgensen/U.S. Navy, File
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A famous statue in Florida depicting the iconic photograph of a sailor kissing a woman in a nurse’s uniform in Time Square at the end of World War II was found vandalized in the early on Feb. 19, a day after the veteran in the photo died.

Sarasota Police Department said in a news release that they were called to the Unconditional Surrender statue, where an unknown individual had spray painted the text “#MeToo” on the statue.