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The National World…

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The National WW II Museum offers you the opportunity to pick up an… more

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From George M. Cohan to Irving Berlin, from the Star-Spangled Banner to God… more

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Jun 20 - 23, 2013
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The Funding Seed

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The Funding Seed presents workshops and seminars of interest to nonprofit… more

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Jun 20 - 20, 2013
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Community Cinema, a national documentary screening series presented locally by… more

Irvin Mayfield & the…

Jun 21 - 21, 2013
Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra present an encore New Orleans… more

The Music of New…

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The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra present the Musik of the New Orleans Jazz… more

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Jun 21 - 22, 2013
"Two on Tap” marks the creative collaboration of celebrated musical… more

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Lagniappe Lecture - "Life Behind the Atlantic Wall" by Brian Hughes

Tuesday, October 30, 2012
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The National WWII Museum, 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA

Life in the fishing and agrarian coastal and island communities of France's Brittany and Vendée provinces suffered upheaval following the German invasion of France in June 1940. The region had its own "mini-Dunkirk" in the confusion and turmoil of the British evacuation, and soon suffered incorporation into the mighty Atlantic Wall defense system. Pastoral beaches sprouted concrete blockhouses and harbor front cafés and warehouses were replaced by massive, bomb-proof U-Boot pens. Most of these installations remain. This presentation by Brian Hughes and French World War II re-enactor and historian Anthony Brochard offers a glimpse at life behind the Atlantic Wall and its lasting influence today. For more information call 504-528-1944 x 229.