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January 2, 2015 at 6:19 p.m. | Updated January 2, 2015 at 6:20 p.m.

by Associated Press , Staff Reports

In this Dec. 11, 2011, photo, McDonogh High School student Dyiriell Jenkins fires a blank from a replica Springfield musket during a living history lesson at Chalmette Battlefield in Chalmette, La. Jenkins portrayed a member of the Free People of Color militia, who fought in the Battle of New Orleans. (AP Photo/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune, Eliot Kamenitz)
In this Dec. 11, 2011, photo, McDonogh High School student Dyiriell Jenkins fires a blank from a replica Springfield musket during a living history lesson at Chalmette Battlefield in Chalmette, La. Jenkins portrayed a member of the Free People of Color militia, who fought in the Battle of New Orleans. (AP Photo/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune, Eliot Kamenitz)

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