Staff Sergeant Robert Wolf served with the 343rd Infantry Regiment, 86th Infantry Division, in both the European and Pacific theaters. On his dog tags he added a mezuzah.
Captain Lucien Laborde was one of nearly 280,000 men and women from Louisiana who served in the Armed Forces in World War II.
Join us as we reflect on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima 75 years later. The Museum’s Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian, Dr. Rob Citino, will host a discussion on the history, artifacts, and Museum’s educational initiatives about the atomic bomb and Hiroshima.
Join our friends at the Museum of Southern Food and Beverage for a cooking demonstration of “Baked Apples” using ingredients that were rationed during World War II.
A century ago, leaders of the victorious powers in the First World War tried to convert battlefield success into a lasting peace.
One of the deadliest moments in world history was the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic, worsened by the global movements of World War I.