The Mob Museum Opens Today in Las Vegas

National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement opens with great fanfare, and mass wedding on 83rd anniversary of St. Valentine's Day Massacre, an infamous day in Mob history

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The Mob Museum, the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, opened to the public on February 14 in downtown Las Vegas on the 83rd anniversary of the Chicago St. Valentine’s Day Massacre – considered by many as the most notorious hit in Mob history. One of the Museum’s iconic artifacts is the brick wall against which the members of the Bugs Moran gang were lined up and shot and killed by members of Al Capone’s gang.

Date: 16 February 2012, 16:53 PM EST
Source: The Mob Museum
Related Sites: http://www.themobmuseum.org
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The Mob Museum, celebrated its grand opening with fanfare and flappers in downtown Las Vegas on February 14, 2012, with former Mayor Oscar Goodman.
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The Mob Museum opened on Feb. 14 in downtown Las Vegas with former Mayor Oscar Goodman, Board of Directors President, Ellen Knowlton and Executive Director, Jonathan Ullman.
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The Mob Museum opened on February 14, 2012, the 83rd anniversary of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. The Massacre wall is one of the many organized crime and law enforcement artifacts.
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The lobby of The Mob Museum, the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, former federal courthouse and U.S. Post Office, opened to the public on February 14, 2012.
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