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2. The National WWII Museum - Wikipedia

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   The National WWII Museum, formerly known as The NationalD-Day Museum, is a military history museum located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., on Andrew Higgins Drive between Camp Street and Magazine Street. The museum focuses on the contribution made by the United States to Allied victory in World War II.

3. Jackson Square (New Orleans) - Wikipedia

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   Designated NHLDCP. December 21, 1965. Jackson Square, formerly the Place d'Armes (French) or Plaza de Armas (Spanish), is a historic park in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960, for its central role in the city's history, and as the site where in 1803 Louisiana was made United ...

4. City Park (New Orleans) - Wikipedia

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   City Park, a 1,300-acre (5.3 km 2) public park in New Orleans, Louisiana, is the 87th largest and 20th-most-visited urban public park in the United States. [ 2 ] : 30 City Park is approximately 50% larger than Central Park in New York City , [ 3 ] the municipal park recognized by Americans nationwide as the archetypal urban greenspace.

5. Congo Square - Wikipedia

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   Added to NRHP. January 28, 1993. Congo Square (French: Place Congo) is an open space, now within Louis Armstrong Park, which is located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street north of the French Quarter. The square is famous for its influence on the history of African American music, especially jazz.

6. Audubon Park (New Orleans) - Wikipedia

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   350 acres (1.4 km 2) Created. 1871. Status. Open all year. Audubon Park (historically French: Plantation de Boré[1]) is a municipal park located in the Uptown neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States. It is approximately 350 acres. The park is approximately six miles to the west of the city center of New Orleans and sits on ...

7. Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve - Wikipedia

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   The park operates a French Quarter Visitor Center at 419 Decatur Street (New Orleans), in the historic French Quarter. It interprets more generally the history of New Orleans and the diverse cultures of Louisiana's Mississippi River Delta region. The headquarters of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve are located in New Orleans.

8. Capture of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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   Map depicting Louisiana and approaches to New Orleans as depicted during the occupation of New Orleans [1] Approaches to New Orleans, Department of the Gulf Map Number 5, February 14, 1863 [2] The capture of New Orleans (April 25 – May 1, 1862) during the American Civil War was a turning point in the war that precipitated the capture of the ...

9. Lafayette Square (New Orleans) - Wikipedia

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   2010. Lafayette Square is the second-oldest public park in New Orleans, Louisiana (after Jackson Square ), located in the present-day Central Business District. During the late 18th century, this was part of a residential area called Faubourg Sainte Marie ( English: St. Mary Suburb). The park was designed in 1788 by Charles Laveau Trudeau aka ...