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.
An Aerial Shot of staging of Troops coming in to support Katrina Reliefs efforts at 159th Air Guard Ramp (Bellechasse Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base)