What it’s like spending Halloween in New Orleans: Ghost tours, Krewe of Boo and haunted houses

But death is also a serious affair and we are reminded of that at the thoughtfully curated World War II Museum opposite the Higgins Hotel, where we stayed in New Orleans. We step into a train carriage to start the journey through the museum, movies streaming past the windows to give us a taste of what those departing soldiers felt on their way to deal to the Hun in Europe. “Snow” falls in the Solomon Victory Theatre during the Tom Hanks-narrated exhibit outlining the harsh winter conditions soldiers faced during the Battle of the Bulge.

Author: Helen Van Berkel

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