Oklahoma City National Memorial

I visited one night. After working all day I stopped by the site of the memorial.

The bomb went off at 9:02 a.m. There were archways at either endof the memorial. One had the time 9:01 inscribed on it, to indicate the last minute of peace harmony. The other one said 9:03, to represent the time when the world around was changed forever.

There were a number of different memorials throughout the grounds. One was a tribute showing empty chairs, one for each of the victims. The children were represented by small chairs. The chairs each bear the name of one of the victims and are placed in a special pattern to represent where each of the victims was at the time of the disaster.

It was kind of eerie, particularly at night; beautiful, yet tragic.

… with the man who became my husband. Strange, huh? It wasn’t all that bad, but the museum made me rather emotional. If you do visit, treat it as a somber place. Respect it and those who died there, please.

Words cannot describe the impact this place has on you when you visit. It reminds you of how grateful we shouls all be to live in this country. The events that occurred here are appalling and sobering, but the way we came together as a nation is both inspiring and memorable.

My DH and I were traveling from the east the the west coast. This was one of the places we stopped. We wanted to see this before we even headed to our hotel, but didn’t have a local map of the area right on hand. We drove around for awhile trying to find this place, and then we finally drove down the road that leads right to it. It’s a beautiful memorial.

This is a very tasteful and moving memorial that is well worth a visit.