Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

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.

I visited New Orleans the Thanksgiving right after Katrina, and I think that is what really made me decide to move here. On that trip my sisters who live here and I attended the second line parade for the city. What I saw where people who\'s home were desimated, but with this parade they saw hope that the city would come back.

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“[Untitled],” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 23, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/40877.

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