The Wandering Disciple

In the early days of Louisiana, one could become a pharmacist with little to no training or experience.  With just a six month apprenticeship, you could begin compounding and issuing you own medicinal blends with little guidance.  In 1804, Governor Claiborne enacted a law creating standards and licensing for pharmacists and Louis Dufilho became the first to past the exam and open a pharmacy in Louisiana.  To showcase the history of pharmacy medicine in Louisiana, the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum was opened in the French Quarter.  Here you can walk through a historic pharmacy and see how the pharmacists worked and lived.  (Photo: November 22, 2017)  

New Orleans, Louisiana:  Our third day of the trip was a day that I was really looking forward to, a trip to the National World War II Museum.  This museum was a highlight of the trip for me.  The morning started with breakfast at the hotel followed by a mile and a half walk to the museum.  On the way there, we passed through Lee Circle.  This park made history a few weeks ago as the statue of General Lee was removed from the top of the monument by city officials.  We got to the museum a little too early, so we stopped by a corner cafe for coffee before the museum opened. The museum complex for the National World War II Museum was massive.  It was situated in five buildings spanning several city blocks and is still growing.  There is a theme to the museum which follows through the timeline of the war.  The first building houses the exhibits that showcased what lead up to the war.  It also had exhibits on the Manhattan Project and...