Sarasota, Florida -
"Unconditional Surrender" Kiss Statue

Sarasota, Florida - Colossal Kissers Back in Sarasota

Unconditional Surrender: The public spooners were in Sarasota, Florida, in 2005, then moved 3,000 miles to San Diego, California, in 2006. Now they've returned east to Sarasota, and this time their Florida fans hope that it's for keeps. [10/22/2008] Complete Story...

Sarasota, Florida - “Unconditional Surrender” Headed Back East?

Unconditional Surrender: And people in San Diego were just getting used to the World's Largest Random Embrace. [03/29/2008] Complete Story...

"Unconditional Surrender" Kiss Statue

Gigantic statue seems to appear out of nowhere! Very funny scene. Good photo location and near St. Armands Circle. [Mary, 08/02/2010]

"Unconditional Surrender" Kiss Statue

We stopped by the statue yesterday and found a cherry picker and crane next to it. I asked the guy in the crane what they were doing and he said all he knew was that he was supposed to pick it up and load it on a truck. I grabbed some photos and when leaving saw a truck with a flatbed trailer trying to figure out how to get into the parking lot.

The sailor's shoulder was broken, so it could have been going out for repairs, or it may be on its way to a new location. [Chuck, 06/18/2010]

[RA: Farrel Hansen just updated us: "This statue was being removed that day for repairs. It's on its way to Mercerville, NJ and is scheduled to be back in Sarasota by July 11th. The city has promised to keep the statue in generally the same bayfront spot for at least the next 10 years. Let's hope this great tribute to our veterans will be there for a lot longer than the city's intention."]

Unconditional Surrender

Gail....This isn't art, but yet the pile of junked cars that were across the street last summer was? I think this ART should stay exactly where it is. The gentleman that is offering $500,000.00 to the city to leave it there should be commended!!! [C Mina, 08/14/2009]