across Oklahoma & O K City National Memorial

A couple of shots across Oklahoma landscape.
Mural on a building in one of the small towns we passed through.
Oklahoma City National Memorial (Murrah building) and Museum. The museum was next door and very moving. We were not allowed to take photos inside. The hands wall and the tile wall are in front of the museum.

The sign for the Murrah building and the use of the materials in the memorial.
The 9:01 wall & the 9:03 wall surround the moment of destruction from the bomb. Between the two is a reflecting pond intended to help soothe wounds.
The 9:03 wall.
A poem left on the fence by someone who lost a loved one.
The only tree that survived the bomb blast.
The Journal building with the damage left as part of the memorial. Note the sign for the building below tells of the damage. It also tells of the black windows in the building.
Journal Building sign.
Part of the remaining wall from the bomb blast.
Tile wall made by children all over the country and sent to the memorial.
The wall of hands done by children. This is the backside of the above wall.This wall is items left by people who lost someone as well as numerous people who have visited the wall. Items are removed from the wall 3 times a year and placed in the museum next door. This is where the poem was placed. There are photos of loved ones lost and other momentoes.

The field of chairs shows one for each person lost. The persons name is on the chair and in the position of the floor they worked on. There were 9 floors so nine lines. At night they are lit as a beacon of hope. There are 19 small chairs to represent the children that were lost.
There were 5 chairs separate from the rest signifying the 5 people killed on the outside of the building. The field of chairs is in the footprint of the Murrah Building.

The sign is for the fence and items placed on it.
Across the street an old cathedral was damaged and a memorial was put up on the corner. The statue and the scripture verse is "An Jesus Wept". In the background is the wall 9:03. Double click and read the saying on the wall. The black stones are in 2 sizes signifying the children and adults lost.
The wall in front of Jesus has 168 missing blocks to signify the missing people.