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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.

West End Lakeshore Park Lakeshore, New Orleans, LA

Overturned and wrecked boats piled on top of a damaged blue BMW sedan parked on a grassy curb, with registration "LA 4290 AN" visible on one boat hull.

West End Lakeshore Park Lakeshore, New Orleans, LA

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Hurricane Katrina
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Citation

“West End Lakeshore Park Lakeshore, New Orleans, LA,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/28599.