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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.

K & B Food Store detail

Weathered plywood wall with layers of peeling posters and gray paint overspray, yellow graffiti reading "BAC," beside a wooden slatted building wall and overgrown grass.

cracked and pealing paint, layer after layer of flyers some even covered in grey paint thanks to the Grey Ghost Fred RAdTke

4 days shy of the 2 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

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“K & B Food Store detail,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/33247.

K & B Food Store detail

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