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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.

Items tagged “August 29 2005” (2 total)

A wrecked, overturned red and maroon airplane is tangled in bare trees amid storm debris, with a man in a green jumpsuit walking nearby to assess the damage.

Unhappy Anniversary

A young man in a brown t-shirt smiles at the camera near a gray military helicopter with spinning rotor blades, while personnel in uniforms and helmets unload boxes and water in the background.

Resupply