Friday, May 29, 2009

Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum- May 2, 2009

Let me first just say to you, if you ever get the chance to go visit this beautiful Memorial/Museum, please do it! It is breathtaking. The museum takes you through a step by step process from the beginning to end and everything in between. There is a room where you hear an actual meeting being conducted when the bombing occurs, then you hear chaos. You get to see rooms that have had the contents after the bombing and are placed just as they were found, evidence, videos, news footage, the list goes on. We actually were pressed for time and let me tell you, we weren't a bit happy! We had to be out of the building at a certain time so Bill Clinton could have the building to himself, with caterers, etc. Man, what a bad day to go! We wondered why there were a lot of news stations showing up, then we saw his security..........BARF! Enjoy the pictures:)
The entrance
"The Fence"

"Reflecting Pool"
The water is sitting on what was once the street where the bomber parked the vehicle used
Part of the original building

Rescuers wrote on this wall which was a building next to bombing
Children from all over sent these, the wall was huge
Looking down on the "Field of Empty Chairs"
This is my favorite picture: Josh "reflecting" near the "Fild of Empty Chairs"......actually I think he was trying to be mad. HAHAHAH, don't think it worked:)
Our best attempt at a skipping coin
Damage on a nearby building
More actual damage
Beautiful mossy trees outside the Memorial
This "Weeping Jesus" sits with his back towards the entrace, across the street at a church

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