New Orleans master trumpeter Wendell Brunious celebrates Satchmo through music and storytelling.

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When two strangers meet by letter during World War II, a love story begins. Playwright Ken Ludwig tells the joyous, heartwarming story of his parents’ wartime courtship.

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The Priddy Family Foundation Freedom Theater on the third floor of Liberation Pavilion offers audiences a multimedia experience focused on what was at stake during World War II and the meaning of Allied victory. The production, developed by The Hettema Group, highlights how freedom almost vanished from the world in the 1930s and 1940s, efforts to protect and promote freedom during and after World War II, and how each generation has a responsibility to defend democracy, protect freedom, and advance human rights. At a pivotal moment in the show, the theater audience platform itself rotates.

The only submarine that survived the attack on Pearl Harbor later became a crowd-drawing oddity, then a museum piece.

Mascot became a popular position for many rescued puppies along the way.