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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.

Busts of famous leaders line the bleachers.

A row of ten dark bronze-colored busts depicting historical figures sits atop wooden gymnasium bleachers against a white cinderblock wall.

Collection

Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

Busts of famous leaders line the bleachers.

Original title

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Citation

“Busts of famous leaders line the bleachers.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3608.