NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA VFW Auxiliary’s 104th National Convention


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ew Orleans, often called the most unique in the United States, will host the VFW Auxiliary’s 104th National Convention July 22-26. A cultural gumbo. T is is one way the city’s


convention and visitors bureau describes New Orleans’ rich history, infl uenced by the ingredients of nearly three centuries of European, Caribbean and African culture and a mirepoix of residents; from merchants, farmers and free African Americans to French and Spanish nobility to indentured servants and slaves.


8 | VFW Auxiliary Magazine “New Orleans, was, for its time, a permissive society


that resulted in an intermingling of peoples unseen in other communities, and it is New Orleans’ diverse heritage that is the driving force behind this unique and exotic city,” according to the New Orleans CVB. “Diversity, creativity and celebration are at the core of the New Orleans way of life.” It was a recipe that produced “a society like no


other,” one where jazz was born and had a child named rock ‘n’ roll. It is a town known across the globe for its


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