WWII Home Front Exhibit Opens at National WWII Museum
New Orleans museum debuts Salute to the Home Front a 10000 square foot exhibit tracing life on the homefront from 1918 to World War II. Artifacts include USS Arizona relics gas masks ration books and munitions worker overalls. Survivors recount Pearl Harbor and daily life on Main Street USA amid isolationist debates.
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Mexico protects Aztec temple beneath hotel expansion
Archaeologists uncovered a 1400s Aztec temple to Ehecatl and a ceremonial ball court beneath a Mexico City hotel site. Forty neck bones of young adults and children were found in a ceremonial pit. Excavations span 2009 to 2016, with ruins lying under a 1940s hotel wing and colonial foundations. The hotel will be allowed to proceed once digs finish, with protected ruins open to the public.
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Eduardo Matos
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Remains of former slave moved toward sainthood in Denver cathedral
Julia Greeley, born into slavery, had her exhumed skull and bones moved to the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver as the sainthood process begins. Archdiocesan officials note the exhumation marks the standard first step, with testimony being gathered for a Vatican review.
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Jorge H. Rodriguez-Novelo
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Mary Leisring
Julia Greeley Guild, Which Helps Promote Her Story. Greeley
Hannibal
Missouri
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