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Derby Gisclair

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New Orleans based published author, speaker, amateur photographer, and dilettante historian. #baseball #boxing #horseracing #steamboats #nolasky #nola #neworleans #history #quotes Sorry but no DMs, no crypto, no porn, no requests for money.

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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 7h

Each branch of the service was represented.

Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 7h

Six flamethrowers light up the night as part of an Army War Show that took place nightly in City Park in New Orleans from November 27 through December 2, 1942. Called "Here's Your Army'" the exhibition toured fifteen key cities in the United States, lasting over two hours.

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Derby Gisclair @derbygisclair.bsky.social · 8h

The Third Thursday Lecture Series

Come learn some fun and interesting history about New Orleans at our next Third Thursday Lecture when author and historian Edward Branley speaks on When the French Quarter Was Sicilian on Thursday, October 16, 2025, at 7:00pm at the East Bank Regional Library.