NEW ORLEANS — Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina crashed into the Gulf Coast, New Orleans is set to commemorate the anniversary Friday with memorials, performances and a parade to honor those who were affected.

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New Orleans is set to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastating landfall on the Gulf Coast. Events including memorial services and a parade are planned to honor those who were affected

Thousands of people are expected to gather Friday in the Lower Ninth Ward, a majority Black neighborhood where the federal levee system was breached on Aug. 29, 2005

They will follow a brass band in a parade known as a second line, a beloved city tradition

A wreath is to be laid at a memorial for dozens of unidentified victims, and there will be a

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