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| Swingin' at the Canteen with the Victory Big Band! | |
| Stage Door Canteen 11:30 am brunch seating A sizzling new show by The National WWII Museum's own Victory Big Band! Trumpeter Jay Hagen leads this ensemble of top-flight New Orleans musicians in a cavalcade of swing-era hits, with music by Harry James, Ray Anthony, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, P... |
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| March 30, 2014 11:30 AM | |
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| Swingin' at the Canteen with the Victory Big Band! | |
| Stage Door Canteen 6:00 pm dinner seating, 8:00 pm show only ticket A sizzling new show by The National WWII Museum's own Victory Big Band! Trumpeter Jay Hagen leads this ensemble of top-flight New Orleans musicians in a cavalcade of swing-era hits, with music by Harry James, Ray Anthony, Duke ... |
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| March 30, 2014 6:00 PM | |
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| White Glove Wednesdays | |
It's one thing to read on an exhibit label that an infantryman's pack in World War II weighed forty pounds. But now The National WWII Museum offers you the opportunity to pick up an infantryman's pack and try it on for yourself! Join Curator Eric Rivet each Wednesday morning in the Louisiana Mem... |
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| April 2, 2014 9:00 AM | |
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| The Victory Belles "Spirit of America" | |
| Stage Door Canteen 11:45 am buffet seating Come salute the USA with the Victory Belles' newest red, white and blue celebration! Featuring a potpourri of songs from the Great American Song Book written by Great American composers, including Hoagy Carmichael’s Heart & Soul, Jerome Kern&rsqu... |
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| April 2, 2014 11:45 AM | |
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| Lunchbox Lecture | |
| H. Mortimer Favrot Orientation Center Collin Makamson presents "The Art of "Grunt & Groan:" Professional Wresting in WWII" Though the action was largely fake, the contributions of professional wrestling and professional wrestlers in WWII were very real. Wrestlers in the US toured and starred at... |
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| April 2, 2014 12:00 PM | |
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| The Andrews Brothers | |
| Stage Door Canteen 6:00 pm dinner seating, 8:00 pm show only ticket Mistaken identities, madcap comedy, romance and musical treasures fill this sweet and hilarious show. It’s 1943 in the South Pacific and, tonight, The Andrews Sisters headline the big USO show. But when a flu outbreak qua... |
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| April 4, 2014 6:00 PM | |
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| Victory Corps Saturday | |
Most museums state loudly "Hands-Off!", but with The National WWII Museum's teen Victory Corps program, it's HANDS-ON. Explore and learn about WWII history in an exciting, new way — through touching actual artifacts from the war that changed the world. At stations placed strategically thro... |
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| April 5, 2014 10:00 AM | |
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| Weekend Wargame: Sapun Mountain, Crimea | |
The Crimea has been considered one of the most strategic locations in the world since ancient times. From there, during WWII, Soviet and then German forces launched air and naval attacks to support their operations. The Battle for Sapun Mountain closed out the final battles for Sevastopol, Crime... |
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| April 5, 2014 10:00 AM | |
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| The Andrews Brothers | |
| Stage Door Canteen 6:00 pm dinner seating, 8:00 pm show only ticket Mistaken identities, madcap comedy, romance and musical treasures fill this sweet and hilarious show. It’s 1943 in the South Pacific and, tonight, The Andrews Sisters headline the big USO show. But when a flu outbreak qua... |
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| April 5, 2014 6:00 PM | |
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| The Andrews Brothers | |
| Stage Door Canteen 11:30 am brunch seating Mistaken identities, madcap comedy, romance and musical treasures fill this sweet and hilarious show. It’s 1943 in the South Pacific and, tonight, The Andrews Sisters headline the big USO show. But when a flu outbreak quarantines the girls, stage... |
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| April 6, 2014 11:30 AM | |
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| Book Club - "Snow Falling on Cedars" by David Guterson | |
| Stage Door Canteen Discuss with fellow readers the story the Los Angeles Times called "Haunting...A whodunit complete with courtroom maneuvering and surprising turns of evidence and at the same time a mystery, something altogether richer and deeper." In 1954, a local fisherman is found suspiciou... |
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| April 8, 2014 6:00 PM | |
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| White Glove Wednesdays | |
It's one thing to read on an exhibit label that an infantryman's pack in World War II weighed forty pounds. But now The National WWII Museum offers you the opportunity to pick up an infantryman's pack and try it on for yourself! Join Curator Eric Rivet each Wednesday morning in the Louisiana Mem... |
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| April 9, 2014 9:00 AM | |
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| The Victory Belles "Spirit of America" | |
| Stage Door Canteen 11:45 am buffet seating Come salute the USA with the Victory Belles' newest red, white and blue celebration! Featuring a potpourri of songs from the Great American Song Book written by Great American composers, including Hoagy Carmichael’s Heart & Soul, Jerome Kern&rsqu... |
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| April 9, 2014 11:45 AM | |
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| Lagniappe Lecture - "Sicily 1943: Coalition Warfare Patton vs. Montgomery vs. the Wehrmacht" by Captain Rick Jacobs | |
| H. Mortimer Favrot Orientation Center In July 1943 a three-sided battle took place in Sicily between the US Seventh Army, British Eighth Army and the XIV Panzer Corps. The failure of Allied high command foreshadowed the difficulties that blossomed in Normandy a year later. On Sicily it allowed 6... |
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| April 9, 2014 12:00 PM | |
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| The Andrews Brothers | |
| Stage Door Canteen 6:00 pm dinner seating, 8:00 pm show only ticket Mistaken identities, madcap comedy, romance and musical treasures fill this sweet and hilarious show. It’s 1943 in the South Pacific and, tonight, The Andrews Sisters headline the big USO show. But when a flu outbreak qua... |
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| April 11, 2014 6:00 PM | |
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| Victory Corps Saturday | |
Most museums state loudly "Hands-Off!", but with The National WWII Museum's teen Victory Corps program, it's HANDS-ON. Explore and learn about WWII history in an exciting, new way — through touching actual artifacts from the war that changed the world. At stations placed strategically thro... |
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| April 12, 2014 10:00 AM | |
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| The Andrews Brothers | |
| Stage Door Canteen 6:00 pm dinner seating, 8:00 pm show only ticket Mistaken identities, madcap comedy, romance and musical treasures fill this sweet and hilarious show. It’s 1943 in the South Pacific and, tonight, The Andrews Sisters headline the big USO show. But when a flu outbreak qua... |
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| April 12, 2014 6:00 PM | |
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| The Andrews Brothers | |
| Stage Door Canteen 11:30 am brunch seating Mistaken identities, madcap comedy, romance and musical treasures fill this sweet and hilarious show. It’s 1943 in the South Pacific and, tonight, The Andrews Sisters headline the big USO show. But when a flu outbreak quarantines the girls, stage... |
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| April 13, 2014 11:30 AM | |
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| White Glove Wednesdays | |
It's one thing to read on an exhibit label that an infantryman's pack in World War II weighed forty pounds. But now The National WWII Museum offers you the opportunity to pick up an infantryman's pack and try it on for yourself! Join Curator Eric Rivet each Wednesday morning in the Louisiana Mem... |
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| April 16, 2014 9:00 AM | |
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| The Victory Belles "Spirit of America" | |
| Stage Door Canteen 11:45 am buffet seating Come salute the USA with the Victory Belles' newest red, white and blue celebration! Featuring a potpourri of songs from the Great American Song Book written by Great American composers, including Hoagy Carmichael’s Heart & Soul, Jerome Kern&rsqu... |
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| April 16, 2014 11:45 AM | |
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| Lunchbox Lecture | |
| H. Mortimer Favrot Orientation Center Charles Chamberlain presents "Creating for the Arsenal of Democracy: Mobilizing Defense Industries for WWII" At the beginning of World War II, the US had to mobilize defense industries quickly. Dr. Charles Chamberlain will present on the federal government'... |
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| April 16, 2014 12:00 PM | |
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| The Andrews Brothers | |
| Stage Door Canteen 6:00 pm dinner seating, 8:00 pm show only ticket Mistaken identities, madcap comedy, romance and musical treasures fill this sweet and hilarious show. It’s 1943 in the South Pacific and, tonight, The Andrews Sisters headline the big USO show. But when a flu outbreak qua... |
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| April 18, 2014 6:00 PM | |
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| Family Workshop: Radio Sound Effects | |
| Louisiana Memorial Pavilion Don’t touch that dial! In this fun-filled family workshop, kids and parents will explore the medium of radio by providing the voices and sounds effects in a WWII radio play. Games and activities include learning how to make real radio sound effects and listening... |
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| April 19, 2014 10:00 AM | |
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| Victory Corps Saturday | |
Most museums state loudly "Hands-Off!", but with The National WWII Museum's teen Victory Corps program, it's HANDS-ON. Explore and learn about WWII history in an exciting, new way — through touching actual artifacts from the war that changed the world. At stations placed strategically thro... |
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| April 19, 2014 10:00 AM | |
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| City-wide Audition for Souther Rep, Stage Door Canteen at The National WWII Museum and Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts | |
| Stage Door Canteen Southern Rep, the Stage Door Canteen at the National WWII Museum and Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts will host a city-wide open audition for actors, singers and actor-musicians on April 19, 2014. AUDITION AGENDA: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Actors’ Equity Asso... |
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| April 19, 2014 11:00 AM | |
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| Living History Corps | |
The Museum’s World War II re-enactors, collectively known as the Living History Corps, are local volunteers who enrich the visitor’s Museum experience with their wealth of information and stories. Wearing the uniforms and carrying the equipment of both the Allied and Axis forces, the... |
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| April 19, 2014 11:00 AM | |
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| The Andrews Brothers | |
| Stage Door Canteen 6:00 pm dinner seating, 8:00 pm show only ticket Mistaken identities, madcap comedy, romance and musical treasures fill this sweet and hilarious show. It’s 1943 in the South Pacific and, tonight, The Andrews Sisters headline the big USO show. But when a flu outbreak qua... |
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| April 19, 2014 6:00 PM | |
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| Living History Corps | |
The Museum’s World War II re-enactors, collectively known as the Living History Corps, are local volunteers who enrich the visitor’s Museum experience with their wealth of information and stories. Wearing the uniforms and carrying the equipment of both the Allied and Axis forces, the... |
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| April 19, 2014 11:00 AM | |
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| The Andrews Brothers | |
| Stage Door Canteen 6:00 pm dinner seating, 8:00 pm show only ticket Mistaken identities, madcap comedy, romance and musical treasures fill this sweet and hilarious show. It’s 1943 in the South Pacific and, tonight, The Andrews Sisters headline the big USO show. But when a flu outbreak qua... |
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| April 19, 2014 6:00 PM | |
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| The Andrews Brothers | |
| Stage Door Canteen 11:30 am brunch seating Mistaken identities, madcap comedy, romance and musical treasures fill this sweet and hilarious show. It’s 1943 in the South Pacific and, tonight, The Andrews Sisters headline the big USO show. But when a flu outbreak quarantines the girls, stage... |
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| April 20, 2014 11:30 AM | |
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| White Glove Wednesdays | |
It's one thing to read on an exhibit label that an infantryman's pack in World War II weighed forty pounds. But now The National WWII Museum offers you the opportunity to pick up an infantryman's pack and try it on for yourself! Join Curator Eric Rivet each Wednesday morning in the Louisiana Mem... |
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| April 23, 2014 9:00 AM | |
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| The Victory Belles "Spirit of America" | |
| Stage Door Canteen 11:45 am buffet seating Come salute the USA with the Victory Belles' newest red, white and blue celebration! Featuring a potpourri of songs from the Great American Song Book written by Great American composers, including Hoagy Carmichael’s Heart & Soul, Jerome Kern&rsqu... |
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| April 23, 2014 11:45 AM | |
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| The Andrews Brothers | |
| Stage Door Canteen 6:00 pm dinner seating, 8:00 pm show only ticket Mistaken identities, madcap comedy, romance and musical treasures fill this sweet and hilarious show. It’s 1943 in the South Pacific and, tonight, The Andrews Sisters headline the big USO show. But when a flu outbreak qua... |
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| April 25, 2014 6:00 PM | |
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| The Andrews Brothers | |
| Stage Door Canteen 6:00 pm dinner seating, 8:00 pm show only ticket Mistaken identities, madcap comedy, romance and musical treasures fill this sweet and hilarious show. It’s 1943 in the South Pacific and, tonight, The Andrews Sisters headline the big USO show. But when a flu outbreak qua... |
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| April 26, 2014 6:00 PM | |
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| The Andrews Brothers | |
| Stage Door Canteen 11:30 am brunch seating Mistaken identities, madcap comedy, romance and musical treasures fill this sweet and hilarious show. It’s 1943 in the South Pacific and, tonight, The Andrews Sisters headline the big USO show. But when a flu outbreak quarantines the girls, stage... |
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| April 27, 2014 11:30 AM | |
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| Dinner with a Curator - "Chow Time: Feeding an Army in World War II" | |
Kim Guise presents "Chow Time: Feeding an Army in Word World II" Come and get it! Ever have corn willie or bacon ducks prepared by greasepots and doughpunchers and washed down by bamboo juice or cat beer? Hear about the task |
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| April 29, 2014 6:30 PM | |
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| White Glove Wednesdays | |
It's one thing to read on an exhibit label that an infantryman's pack in World War II weighed forty pounds. But now The National WWII Museum offers you the opportunity to pick up an infantryman's pack and try it on for yourself! Join Curator Eric Rivet each Wednesday morning in the Louisiana Mem... |
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| April 30, 2014 9:00 AM | |
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| The Victory Belles "Spirit of America" | |
| Stage Door Canteen 11:45 am buffet seating Come salute the USA with the Victory Belles' newest red, white and blue celebration! Featuring a potpourri of songs from the Great American Song Book written by Great American composers, including Hoagy Carmichael’s Heart & Soul, Jerome Kern&rsqu... |
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| April 30, 2014 11:45 AM | |
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| Lunchbox Lecture | |
| H. Mortimer Favrot Orientation Center Stan Chiocchio presents "B-17’s over Germany in 1914" For more information call 504-528-1944 x 229. |
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| April 30, 2014 12:00 PM | |
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| Pub Quiz | |
| Stage Door Canteen Test your knowledge of an array of topics, including World War II, at the Museum’s Pub Quiz. Play one round, or all six. The American Sector restaurant’s Happy Hour specials will be extended to players, who can also order off the restaurant menu. |
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| April 30, 2014 6:00 PM | |
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| Pub Quiz | |
| Stage Door Canteen Test your knowledge of an array of topics, including World War II, at the Museum’s Pub Quiz. Play one round, or all six. The American Sector restaurant’s Happy Hour specials will be extended to players, who can also order off the restaurant menu. |
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| April 30, 2014 6:00 PM | |
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| The Andrews Brothers | |
| Stage Door Canteen 6:00 pm dinner seating, 8:00 pm show only ticket Mistaken identities, madcap comedy, romance and musical treasures fill this sweet and hilarious show. It’s 1943 in the South Pacific and, tonight, The Andrews Sisters headline the big USO show. But when a flu outbreak qua... |
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| May 2, 2014 6:00 PM | |
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| Victory Corps Saturday | |
Most museums state loudly "Hands-Off!", but with The National WWII Museum's teen Victory Corps program, it's HANDS-ON. Explore and learn about WWII history in an exciting, new way — through touching actual artifacts from the war that changed the world. At stations placed strategically thro... |
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| May 3, 2014 10:00 AM | |
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| The Andrews Brothers | |
| Stage Door Canteen 6:00 pm dinner seating, 8:00 pm show only ticket Mistaken identities, madcap comedy, romance and musical treasures fill this sweet and hilarious show. It’s 1943 in the South Pacific and, tonight, The Andrews Sisters headline the big USO show. But when a flu outbreak qua... |
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| May 3, 2014 6:00 PM | |
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