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The National D-Day Museum, here in New Orleans, has been renamed the National World War II Museum. Quite an honor.
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D-Day Museum Gets New Name
06-02-2006 8:14 AM
(New Orleans, LA) -- Congress has officially named the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans as the nation's World War Two museum. Today officials are announcing the museum's new name and mission based on that designation. The event is surrounded by significant fanfare, including the firing of World War Two-era howitzers at the museum in New Orleans warehouse district. Officials are also discussing a planned international conference on World War Two at the museum. It was previously postponed because of Hurricane Katrina.<