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Oklahoma City National Memorial

Posted by James Turnbull, Wednesday, 11th May 2005

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The Oklahoma City National Memorial honours the victims, survivors, rescuers, and all who were changed by the Oklahoma City Bombing of April 19, 1995. It stands on the site of the Alfred P. Murrah building and is the largest memorial of its kind in the U.S.A.

At the top of the thumbnail you can see the rectangular reflecting pool with the “gates of time” at either end. In the southern half is the “Rescuers’ Orchard”, a grove of fruit and flowering trees that surround the “Survivor Tree”, an elm that survived the bombing.

Oklahoma City National Memorial

Thanks: icky

2 Responses to 'Oklahoma City National Memorial'

  1. Aerial Sightseeing: The Oklahoma City National Memorial

    This is one of those places that you can see much better through the Microsoft Terra Server:

    Click to enlarge.

    The place in question is the Oklahoma City National Memorial, built to remember the victims of the terrorist bombing that destroyed the…

  2. brandon says:

    One block north and west is the construction sight of the new federal building (now complete). You can see the Memorial from there, causing some anxiety for returning workers.

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