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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.

Storm-damaged gravesites along Highway 82 heading toward Oak Grove/Louisiana, December…

Displaced concrete grave vaults and a rusted metal casket lid lie scattered across dry grass, with a wooden stake marker and a fallen tree in the background.

Collection

Rita

Storm-damaged gravesites along Highway 82 heading toward Oak Grove/Louisiana, December 2005

Original title

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Citation

“Storm-damaged gravesites along Highway 82 heading toward Oak Grove/Louisiana, December…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2667.