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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.

Old Glory offers hope to this Lakeview neighborhood.

A weathered American flag hangs from a porch pole in front of a storm-damaged house marked with spray-painted search-and-rescue symbols, including "535," "AAA," "9/24," and an X, with a mailbox numbered 6533 nearby.

Collection

Ten Weeks after Katrina - 11.07.05

Old Glory offers hope to this Lakeview neighborhood.

Original title

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Citation

“Old Glory offers hope to this Lakeview neighborhood.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3705.