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Victory Ball 2017
The Museum's annual salute to service kicked off Veterans Day weekend with dancing under the stars on Founders Plaza.
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The Center for Collections & Archives
The Museum completes a top-to-bottom renovation of its collections wing.
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WWII Air, Sea & Land Festival Media Coverage
A roundup of stories about the Museum's 2017 festival of living history at New Orleans Lakefront Airport.
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Soaring Valor
WWII veterans are teamed with high school students for a Museum visit sponsored by the Gary Sinise Foundation.
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WWII Air, Sea & Land Festival 2017
Warbirds overhead, tanks on parade, PT-305 in the water.
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Student Webinar: "Liberty" and the Home Front Through Historical Fiction
Distance Learning Specialist Shelbie Johnson and Newbery Honor-winning author Kirby Larson explore the history behind her new novel Liberty, which chronicles the story of two friends who rescue a stray dog in WWII-era New Orleans.
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Get in the Scrap with The National WWII Museum!
Join our service-learning project so your students can learn about environmental conservation while having fun.
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Billy Michal
An unlikely victory by a tiny Rapides Parish school in a statewide Louisiana “scrapping” drive during World War II left a lasting legacy.
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Hollywood Hospitality at the Hollywood Canteen
Servicemen could dance with Betty Grable, be served a sandwich by Shirley Temple, and watch performances by Bob Hope and Carmen Miranda. Roy Rogers even rode his horse, Trigger, right onto the stage for some prancing tricks.
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Fighting for the Right to Fight
The traveling exhibit tells the story of how World War II became the major catalyst in the 20th century for African Americans seeking change in their fortunes, both on the Home Front and in the American military.
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Betty Jacobs
Betty Jacobs grew up in World War II. She spent much of the war pledging her time and effort to aiding troops in New Orleans, her hometown.