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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.

Message for Federal government, Delacroix/Louisiana, November 2005

Severely storm-damaged house with collapsed porch and tilted outbuilding, spray-painted in red with messages reading "WE PAY TAXES," "TAKE CARE AMERICA FIRST," and "F.E.M.A. CAN GO TO PAKISTAN OR AFRICA OR GO TO HELL."

Collection

Katrina

Message for Federal government, Delacroix/Louisiana, November 2005

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Citation

“Message for Federal government, Delacroix/Louisiana, November 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2528.