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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.

Pontchartrain

Debris field surrounding a damaged two-story house and a "Hardware" store sign, with a wrecked truck and scattered wreckage in the foreground, photographed through a car window.

Debris and what is left of this home on Pontchartrain Dr. in Slidell

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Citation

“Pontchartrain,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/34429.