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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.

Heart on buckled housing slab, Holly Beach/Louisiana, December 2005

Cracked and buckled concrete foundation slab with a heart etched into the surface reading "Rich + Linda, Sept 2004," surrounded by standing water, debris, and broken pilings.

Collection

Rita

Heart on buckled housing slab, Holly Beach/Louisiana, December 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Heart on buckled housing slab, Holly Beach/Louisiana, December 2005,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2639.