Not everything's bleak in New Orleans....

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One night we went out to a local, real night spot and saw some incredible jazz by Kermit Ruffins and his band....

Please note the Mardi Gras beads around the Spanish-American War soldier's neck.

Also, because I am still embarrassed for the time I mistook a Mosin-Nagant for a Lee-Enfield, note that this trooper is carrying an 1896 Krag-Jørgensen....