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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.

The grass will eventually grow back.

Weathered concrete deer statue with peeling paint stands in a yard covered in dead grass, in front of a white mobile home with wrought-iron railings and a rusted mailbox.

Collection

Metairie and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - 10.23.05

The grass will eventually grow back.

Original title

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Citation

“The grass will eventually grow back.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3504.