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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 mosaics by the front entrance hung safely above Katrina's flood waters.

Mosaic artwork in a black frame depicting a haloed figure holding a cross beside a lamb, made of broken tile and glass fragments in pastel tones, mounted on a travertine wall.

Collection

Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

The mosaics by the front entrance hung safely above Katrina's flood waters.

Original title

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Citation

“The mosaics by the front entrance hung safely above Katrina's flood waters.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3625.