Personal Narrative: My Visit To New Orleans

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My visit to New Orleans, Louisiana was extravagant. It was a school sponsored field trip. I had a chance to see the heritage of New Orleans. That day was hot and a little windy. My friends and I were excited about getting to see something new. I visited the World War II Museum, saw a 4D movie about World War II, and went to the River walk. The first place we went when we made it was to the World War II Museum which has over 100,000 artifacts. Other schools were there also. As soon as we entered the door we were greeted upon arrival. The museum was cold and very large. They had historic World War II airplanes hanging from the ceiling, large monuments with all the soldier’s names, and the sidewalk had important dates. There were cases with uniforms of Allied and Axis powers of World War II in them. There was weaponry, vehicles, medals, diaries, and letters, and posters of Allied propaganda during World War II. They had a special exhibit gallery. The snapshots of D-day were extremely detailed. The selection of helmets related to D-day that are displayed belonged to former …show more content…
The chairs we sat in were leather and had nice cushioning. The theater was dark and had a wide screen where the movie was presented. It showed where the soldiers lived and how they were treated if they ever got hurt. During the winter time of the war, many soldiers died because it was the harshest winter. Snow fell down when the movie got to that part; the snow felt soft and looked real, but it was fake. There was a giant plane that came down over the screen and it went black. All of a sudden, a bright flash of light and then the seats started to vibrate and shake as if we were on the plane. That feeling was amazing and scary at the same time. A radio moved on stage that had the radio broadcast of President Roosevelt during the war. It showed how people lived and how the children would run when a bomb went

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