--- title: Philadelphia Eagles Fans Recreate Iconic WWII Kiss Photo description: The Eagles celebrated their Super Bowl victory with a parade that attracted an estimated 700,000 fans, but two stood out from the crowd. canonical: https://time.com/5142098/viral-philadelphia-eagles-parade-photo/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-09T19:42:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:22.249Z og:title: Philadelphia Eagles Fans Recreated That Iconic WWII Kiss Photo og:description: And it turned out amazing og:url: https://time.com/5142098/viral-philadelphia-eagles-parade-photo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt310cf7bf5c4d597b/698926fa97cdff61516b4419/screen-shot-2018-02-09-at-1-19-00-pm.png?branch=production&width=786&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 786 og:image:height: 442 og:image:alt: WWII-V-J-Day-Kiss-Photo og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Philadelphia Eagles Fans Recreated That Iconic WWII Kiss Photo twitter:description: And it turned out amazing twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt310cf7bf5c4d597b/698926fa97cdff61516b4419/screen-shot-2018-02-09-at-1-19-00-pm.png?branch=production&width=786&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Two Philadelphia Eagles Fans Pulled Off the Ultimate Recreation of That Iconic WWII Kiss Photo > Sponsored content. 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Alfred Eisenstaedt/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 9, 2018 7:42 PM UTC The [Philadelphia Eagles](http://time.com/5134116/philadelphia-eagles-white-house-trump/) celebrated their [Super Bowl victory](http://time.com/5139360/philadelphia-eagles-champions-teams-end-drought/) with a [parade](http://time.com/5139316/live-stream-eagles-parade/) that attracted an [estimated millions of](http://www.philly.com/philly/super-bowl-lii/eagles-parade-attendance-crowd-estimate-social-media-reaction-philadelphia-super-bowl-20180209.html) fans on Thursday, but for the Internet, there were two that stood out from the crowd. After Twitter user Shamus Clancy tweeted out the iconic picture of a World War II sailor kissing a nurse on V-J Day with the caption, “me and your girl on Broad Street,” fellow Philly local Ashley Suder swooped in to offer him an opportunity to reenact the storied moment. “If you’re looking for a girl to recreate this during the parade I’m here for it,” she replied. Soon after, a viral photo for the ages was born.  Shamus Clancy Clancy later shared the entirety of their online interaction alongside the perfectly reproduced shot. “The Philadelphia Eagles Love Story, a three act play,” he wrote. Due to the [controversial history](http://time.com/4486812/wwii-kiss-photo-vj-day/) of the older photo—many view the photo as depicting sexual assault—some even saw Clancy and Suder’s recreation as better than the original. “That’s about a thousand times sweeter then the story behind the original photo,” [replied](https://twitter.com/Brendanekstrom/status/961687503915966465) user @Brendanekstrom. 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