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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.

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Volunteers climb into a crowded truck trailer labeled "WERNER 43412," sorting and retrieving numerous bicycles packed tightly inside, while several onlookers watch from below.

and they sent us awesome volunteers!

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bikes not bombs
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new orleans community bike project
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Citation

“100_0707,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/34972.