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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 “Blue” (2 total)

A weathered two-story corner building with a small second-floor balcony, orange doors, and a hand-painted "Tony's" sign listing cold beer, cigarettes, coffee, and sandwiches; a pile of fresh lumber sits on the sidewalk out front.

Tony\'s Mid City

A blue house with hand-painted signs reading "Common Ground Lower 9th Ward Relief," "Eminent Domain for who?" and "You can be involved," standing amid a dirt yard.

Common Ground Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, LA