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ARTS AND HUMANITIES: Columbus boasts Civil War naval museum
One might well wonder why an inland city was selected as the site of a Civil War naval museum. The answer is twofold.
New Orleans’ National WWII Museum hosts Memorial Day Commemoration
NEW ORLEANS ( WGNO) — The National WWII Museum held its annual Memorial Day Commemoration on Monday, May 26.
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National WWII Museum Commemorates Memorial Day
The National WWII Museum will host its annual Memorial Day Commemoration on May 26 at 11:00 a.m. in remembrance of military ...
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National World War II Museum commemorates D-Day and its own 25th anniversary with events June 4-7
The late historian Stephen Ambrose wrote biographies of Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, as well as many books ...
Skulls of 19 Black Americans Return to New Orleans After 150 Years in Germany
The remains, used in the 19th century as part of now discredited racial science, are being laid to rest on Saturday in a ...
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Blakeview: In honor of Memorial Day, here are some memorial sites around New Orleans
As the nation marks Memorial Day on Monday (May 26), we highlight some of the permanent memorials to our fallen servicemen ...
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Skulls once subject to racist study in Germany are laid to rest in New Orleans
A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were ...
Remains of 19 Black Americans returned to New Orleans nearly 150 years later
A New Orleans committee announced the remains of 19 Black Americans whose skulls were taken to Leipzig, Germany, in the 1880s will receive a jazz funeral.
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Skulls taken to Germany for racist study are laid to rest in New Orleans
A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were ...