![]() ![]() We will also join the crush on this 70th anniversary of National World War II Museum to give you the full opportunity to learn from participants and special events, a concentrated look at the remarkable providences of that singular historical event. We are going to visit the museum the day before the crush of visitors that will come there for the 70th Anniversary of D-Day. Veterans serve as docents and their personal touch brings the War out of the mists of time. ![]() Privately owned and funded, this state-of-the-art memorial to the veterans of the Second World War presents an astonishing array of film footage, artifacts, special collections and interactive displays. The National D-Day Museum opened on Jand in 2003 was designated by Congress “The National World War II Museum”. We will take a deep look at the extraordinary ministry of a man God used to expand His Kingdom in Louisiana and around all the Southern states. Benjamin Morgan Palmer-more than all the generals-brought life to thousands through preaching the Gospel of God’s sovereign grace for more than forty-six years in New Orleans. Bill Potter will discuss the lives and influences of Generals John Bell Hood, Pierre Gustav Toutant Beauregard, and Richard Taylor, all buried here. Cemeteries are sober reminders that the effects of one’s life on history and upon people are sometimes carved in stone for all to see in advancing years. The Metairie Cemetery is home to the gravesites of men whose lives touched thousands, bringing death to some, and life to others. It has weathered hurricanes and harridans and stands today in defiance of modern cultural fashion. Attempts by local political miscreants to close it down have all failed. We will spend a leisurely afternoon on the creaky floors of this venue, which opened its doors in 1891 and has been celebrating Southern heritage ever since. The Confederate Memorial Museum in New Orleans is one of the premier Civil War museums in the country and certainly the most interesting. It was a remarkable providential outcome that, had it gone the other way, we likely would not be having this tour! The “Battle of New Orleans” is one of the most storied and important battles of American history, and we will walk in the very footsteps of the men “who stood beside their cotton bales and didn’t say a thing”. At Chalmette Plantation he took on the might of the British Empire with a motley army of volunteers, militia, pirates, indians and dock hands. He gave his name to an era and once again we will be able to see why. Wednesday, 4 JuneĪndrew Jackson seems to show up everywhere we go in the South. Tuesday, June 3Īfter settling into our rooms in New Orleans, Bill will give a lecture on the city and its role in the War of 1812 and the Civil War, along with a preview of the rest of the tour. Saturday evening, the men and boys have an opportunity to sleep aboard the ship in the berthing deck where the sailors that served aboard the Alabama took their rest. As we walk the decks, historian Bill Potter will talk about the role of the great killer ships that repaved the Pacific islands with iron. ![]() We will conclude our time together in a very special way Saturday aboard the USS Alabama, one of the storied battleships of the second world war. We’ll visit the home of one of the most important Presidents in American history in Biloxi, Mississippi, and pay a bicentennial visit and walk the battlefield that vaulted Andrew Jackson to national prominence at the end of the War of 1812. ![]()
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