A Tough Memorial Day

The National World War Two Museum has had it pretty tough over the course of its existence.  The museum is located in New Orleans.  It’s not run like a typical museum and runs more like a startup.  The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the museum was in 2000 on Jun 6.  Since then, the museum has made incredible progress in building what Trip Advisor calls one of the best museums in the entire world.  That progress was made despite some significant setbacks and challenges.

• There was the stock market drop in 2001.
• In 2005, Hurricane Katrina happened.  Even the President of the museum was cleaning bathrooms.  All hands on deck.
• 2008-09 happened
• 2020, COVID19 happened

I don’t know if you know this but COVID19 has been worse for New Orleans than Katrina.

The museum has steadfastly marched on, fulfilling its mission.  This year has been especially difficult purely because of the lockdowns and the understandable reticence of people to make travel plans anywhere.

The museum will re-open the first week of June.  During the COVID 19 lockdown, the staff has done a very bang-up job teaching history to shut in children and offering virtual programming for anyone.

You can help them with a small donation.  Every little bit helps and your donation will help the museum fulfill its mission.

Memorial Day is for remembering the ones that didn’t come back.  There were 60 million people killed during World War Two.  A lot of folks didn’t come back.  When we think about the Greatest Generation, they are rapidly going away. Every new day brings the death of another 400-600 American World War Two veterans.  In seven to ten years, it is highly likely that there will be no one left.

Hope you can make a donation, share it with your friends on social media, and help remember the fallen today.