NEW ORLEANS (August 14, 2009) – No newsflash in modern history has ever been greeted with such overwhelming celebration as the announceme...

NEW ORLEANS (September 4, 2009) – When it premieres November 6, Beyond All Boundaries, the 4-D cinematic experience at The National World...

Just a few months after Adolf Hitler came to power in Nazi Germany and a full six years before World War II, German university students carried out an “Action Against the Un-German Spirit” targeting authors ranging from Helen Keller and Ernest Hemingway to Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud. Their orchestrated book burnings across Germany would come to underscore German-Jewish writer Heinrich Heine’s 19th century warning, “where one burns books, one soon burns people.

When Vernon J. Baker died on July 13, 2010, America lost another of the great heroes of World War II. “Vernon was an extraordinary soldier and an extraordinary American,” said Dr. Gordon “Nick” Mueller, President and CEO of The National World War II Museum in New Orleans. “Over the years, he was an integral part of helping our Museum fulfill its mission to bring the history and values of World War II to all generations. It has been a privilege to know him and work with him.”

The National World War II Museum observes the 69th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, December 2010.