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A Visit to the Newseum to See the Katrina and 9/11 Exhibits

I spent Saturday touring the magnificent Newseum in Washington, DC.

Kat Bergeron, one of the Sun Herald’s Pulitzer Prize winning team covering the hurricane, her sister Estelle, and I studied the moving Katrina exhibit, which is scheduled to close later this month. The exhibit memorializes the tireless efforts of the local press to publish critical information about the catastrophe that destroyed my family’s home, along with much of the rest of Biloxi, MS.

front page of Sun Herald after Katrina urging 'Help Us Now'

Sun Herald cover urges, 'Help Us Now'

We also previewed the new exhibit commemorating the tenth anniversary of 9/11. The exhibit includes a large remnant of the Twin Towers and many other objects that speak to this national tragedy, along with front pages of newspapers from around the world. Here is a view looking down over the exhibit.

A piece of the twin towers structure, as well as dozens of newspaper covers reporting the event.

Overlooking Newseum's new 9/11 Exhibit