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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 “Grave” (3 total)

A concrete burial vault marked "PG10" rests above ground in a grassy field, with a depression nearby and trees in the background.

Still waiting

Above-ground cemetery vaults and caskets sit displaced on a paved church parking lot, with a brick building and cross-marked graves visible in the background under a cloudy sky.

Waiting to again Rest In Peace...

Black-and-white photo of a crowd gathered around floral tributes at Huey Long's grave in Baton Rouge, with the Louisiana State Capitol building visible in the background. Handwritten caption reads "Huey Long's Grave, Baton Rouge."

Huey Long's grave, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This image is from the archive of Ron Chapman,…