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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 complete devastation of my childhood home evident. It appears to have been searched…

Abandoned single-story house with a red spray-painted X search marker on its front door, flanked by bare trees, debris-strewn yard, and a neighboring home on a quiet residential street.

The complete devastation of my childhood home evident. It appears to have been searched twice.

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Item 42083

gentilly
wingate

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“The complete devastation of my childhood home evident. It appears to have been searched…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/42083.

The complete devastation of my childhood home evident. It appears to have been searched…

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