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The History of Memorial Day, an Iconic Kiss, J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "Impossible! A Happenstance Circus," and Poems from Carolyn Surrick
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Podcast Summary:
The history behind Memorial Day, plus the kiss in Times Square, 1945 that was immortalized in a photograph. Then, A review on "Impossible! A Happenstance Circus" by Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck And, poet Carolyn Surrick on her latest book of poems.
Time was, so many people flocked to area cemeteries to decorate graves of soldiers killed in combat, the trolleys and buses were swamped. We talk to an amateur historian about how Memorial Day used to be celebrated, and its meaning today.
Then, in August 1945, a Life magazine photographer captured a sailor kissing a woman in a white uniform in Times Square. The sailor was identified as George Mendonsa, of Rhode Island, and the woman in white, Frederick resident, Greta Friedman. We revisit our chat with them
Music, movement, comedy, the circus! Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews "Impossible! A Happenstance Circus!" at the Theatre Project.
Musician and poet Carolyn Surrick on her latest book of poems, "Silently, Shadows are Sweeping".
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