Children’s Hospital New Orleans opened in March 1955 as the Crippled Children’s Hospital, designed to care for children during the polio epidemic as a rehabilitation facility. With 53 beds, the hospital on Henry Clay Avenue opened after a five-year campaign to raise $1,175,000 for its construction.

Cooper Manning speaks about the importance of Children's Hospital New Orleans as it gets renamed after family.

Children's Hospital New Orleans is now Manning Family Children's in honor of the family's support. Archie Manning called it "our finest hour."

In a ceremony to honor the commitment the Manning family has had to children in New Orleans. Cooper Manning joked that it saw a lot of Arch Manning.