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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.

Singers on Royal St. Mardi Gras 2005. The last pre-Katrina Mardi Gras.

Four men in colorful suits—gray, red, teal, and maroon—stand outside a storefront at 211, several wearing Mardi Gras beads and sunglasses, with "No Food, No Drinks, No Restrooms" signs on the glass doors behind them.

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Do You Know What it Means

Singers on Royal St. Mardi Gras 2005. The last pre-Katrina Mardi Gras.

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Item 15135

mardi gras

Citation

“Singers on Royal St. Mardi Gras 2005. The last pre-Katrina Mardi Gras.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/15135.

Singers on Royal St. Mardi Gras 2005. The last pre-Katrina Mardi Gras.

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