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2. The National WWII Museum - Wikipedia

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   The museum closed for three months after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans on August 29, 2005, re-opening on December 3 of that year. A museum banner promoted the re-opening by proclaiming "We Have Returned," a phrase made famous by General Douglas MacArthur regarding his eventual return to the Philippines in 1944.

3. Mardi Gras throws - Wikipedia

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   Mardi Gras throws are strings of beads, doubloons, cups, or other trinkets passed out or thrown from the floats for Mardi Gras celebrations, particularly in New Orleans, the Mobile, Alabama, and parades throughout the Gulf Coast of the United States, to spectators lining the streets. The "gaudy plastic jewelry, toys, and other mementos [are ...

4. Bourbon Street - Wikipedia

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   New Orleans has been working its way back to pre-Katrina tourist numbers, as it attracted 9.5 million visitors in 2014 and 10.5 million visitors in 2016. [17] The 2016 record was the highest since 2004.

5. New Orleans Mint - Wikipedia

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   The New Orleans Mint operated continuously from 1838 until January 26, 1861, when Louisiana seceded from the United States. On January 29, the Secession Convention reconvened at New Orleans (it had earlier met in Baton Rouge) and passed an ordinance that allowed Federal employees to remain in their posts, but as employees of the state of ...

6. Music brings New Orleans' French Quarter back to life

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   The quiet in New Orleans' famous French Quarter early Thursday morning was first cut by crews sweeping up trash -- then power washing Bourbon Street. At 2 a.m. Thursday, mangled metal that once ...

7. New Orleans - Wikipedia

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   New Orleans is known for specialties including beignets (locally pronounced like "ben-yays"), square-shaped fried dough that could be called "French doughnuts" (served with café au lait made with a blend of coffee and chicory rather than only coffee); and po' boy [231] and Italian muffuletta sandwiches; Gulf oysters on the half-shell, fried ...