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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the University of New Orleans organized the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB) in 2005 in partnership with many national and Gulf Coast area organizations and individuals. HDMB was awarded the Award of Merit for Leadership in History, and is the largest free public archive of Katrina and Rita with over 25,000 items in the collection. Read More.

My parents made me leave, but I came back while my mall, Oakwood, was burning down. Some of my neigbors and I took to arms to defend our homes against swarming project rats who descended upon Marrero. I can\'t give all of the details of this situation, but it really changed my outlook on life.

Citation

“[Untitled],” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed April 24, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/12261.

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