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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.

Give it time and the trees will grow back.

A grassy park area with a concrete bench and lamppost in the foreground, backed by a mix of healthy green trees and storm-damaged, broken trunks and fallen limbs near a railroad crossing sign.

Collection

Metairie and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - 10.23.05

Give it time and the trees will grow back.

Original title

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Citation

“Give it time and the trees will grow back.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3561.