1 of 9 There are opportunities for selfies and photos toward the end of the museum trek. 2 of 9 051121 cm TrumanLibrary 3 of 9 One display in the remodeled museum depicts Truman s family tree. 4 of 9 Kurt Graham, director of the Truman Library and Museum, interacts with a cog that is part of the Pendergast Machine exhibit. 5 of 9 Harry Truman s photo is flashed on the screen with part of the World War I exhibit in the remodeled museum. 6 of 9 The cold war and red menace are part of an interactive display. 7 of 9 A pair of pistols carried by Truman s would-be assassins are on display. 8 of 9 A worker moves past the oversized signature that visitors see when leaving the exhibit area.
“The museum’s curator was taken with his story and wrote a nice piece about it.”
As for himself, Brad wrote that he retired after teaching and coaching football for 38 years in Minnesota, North Dakota and Florida. “My coaching stops were St. Cloud State and Barnesville, Minn., Wahpeton, N.D., Niceville, Fla., and five different schools in Pensacola.
“My mother is still kicking (with her one good leg) and living with my sister in New Mexico. We three brothers are residing in the Gulf Breeze-Pensacola area. And we all survived that hurricane.
“I think I would rather have an Alberta clipper.”
Last surviving marine of the USS Indianapolis dies aged 96: WW2 hero survived FIVE days in shark infested waters after ship was sunk by Japanese torpedoes in 1945
Edgar Harrell had been assigned to guard the components of the atomic bomb aboard the U.S.S. Indianapolis in its final mission
He was on board the ship when two Japanese torpedoes ripped it in half, killing about 300 men in the 1,196-men crew
Harrell survived four days swimming in shark-infested waters, as hundreds of other men died of dehydration, hypothermia and shark attacks
Of the 890 men who survived the initial sinking just 316 were able to be rescued
‘Shalom, Y’All!’ Museum of Southern Jewish Experience to open in New Orleans
‘Shalom, Y’All!’ Museum of Southern Jewish Experience to open in New Orleans
In addition to photos, artifacts, paintings and history, the museum will address issues of race and anti-Semitism, and the ways Southern Jews navigated such challenges in different times.
Rendering of the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience in New Orleans, to open on the fall of 2020. Credit: The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience.
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(February 12, 2020 / JNS) Officials with the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience (MSJE) announced that the new museum will open in fall 2020 in New Orleans.
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“Hedy! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr”
Shows are back on at BB’s Stage Door Canteen at the National World War II Museum. From May 21-30, check out “Hedy! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr.” Born in Vienna, Lamarr was an actress once known as “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World” while she shined on the silver screen from the 1930s to the 1950s.
There was much, much more to Lamarr than her beauty and acting talent, however. While married to an Austrian arms dealer, she retained knowledge about munitions and put that knowledge to use aiding the Allied war effort. She invented the Secret Communication System, which made torpedoes more accurate. This technology would later be used in cell phones, WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth among other innovations.