This month, we invite you to consider the wide range and long-term impacts of World War II upon Asian American and Pacific Islanders from a perspective that encourages students to consider continuity and change over time. 

A product of post Great War naval treaties and launched amid rising global tensions, the USS New Orleans forged a bond with its namesake city in the years before World War II

On April 23, 2026, the DPAA announced that it had met the 60 percent threshold for the USS Arizona Unknown Identification Project.

This month, we explore how the Nazi campaign against “degenerate” modernist art and music can help students use Visual Thinking Strategies as a way to observe and think critically about art, as well as teach them how culture plays into times of war.

Not only was the vessel a hometown hero, the USS New Orleans also participated in almost every major campaign against Japan. And when faced with great tragedy, she always bounced back, much like the people of New Orleans did after disasters such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005.