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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.

Lafayette Cemeteries; pictures taken in September 2007. Photographed for research.

Rows of weathered above-ground stone tombs and mausoleums line a narrow cracked concrete walkway in a cemetery, with trees and rooftops visible in the background.

Lafayette Cemeteries; pictures taken in September 2007. Photographed for research.

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Item 37336

Lafayette
cemeteries
graveyard
memorial
preservation
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“Lafayette Cemeteries; pictures taken in September 2007. Photographed for research.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/37336.

Lafayette Cemeteries; pictures taken in September 2007. Photographed for research.

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