Keeping the Spirit of '45 Alive, One Story at a Time

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Edith Shain remembers very clearly what she was doing on August 14, 1945: She was in Times Square kissing a man in uniform.

Shain was the young nurse being kissed by an exuberant sailor in the famous photograph taken on the day World War II ended - the day that the Greatest Generation began the daunting task of rebuilding its shattered world.

Now, at age 91, Shain wants to help keep the memory of that historic day alive. She is inviting older adults who remember the day to share their firsthand memories with her as part of the Spirit of '45 Project, a national initiative to inspire a renewed sense of national unity and community. The oneyear project will archive these …