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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 Last Supper lies along Elysian Fields next to the trash pile.

A mud-splattered relief plaque depicting The Last Supper, framed in ornate silver and brown, lies discarded among dead leaves and debris beside an empty orange Crush soda bottle.

Collection

Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

The Last Supper lies along Elysian Fields next to the trash pile.

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Citation

“The Last Supper lies along Elysian Fields next to the trash pile.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3604.