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The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was a United States federal government complex located at 200 N.W. 5th Street in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. On April 19, 1995, the building was the target of the Oklahoma City bombing by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, which ultimately killed 167 people and injured 684 others. [1]
[244] [245] Many suggestions for suitable memorials were sent to Oklahoma City, but an official memorial planning committee was not set up until early 1996, [246] when the Murrah Federal Building Memorial Task Force, composed of 350 members, was set up to formulate plans for a memorial to commemorate the victims of the bombing. [165]
The Field of Empty Chairs, east Gate of Time, and Reflecting Pool at the Oklahoma City National Memorial. The Survivor Tree is visible in the upper left corner. The Oklahoma City National Memorial as seen from the base of the reflecting pool The Survivors' Wall is the only remaining part of the Murrah Building left standing, and forms part of the memorial complex.
Downtown Oklahoma City. Downtown Oklahoma City itself is currently undergoing a renaissance.Between the mid-1980s and 1990s, downtown was unchanged and largely vacant. It was the scene of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on 5th Street between Robinson and Harvey Avenues, caused by convicted domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh; most buildings within a 1-mile (1.6 km) radius ...
Michel, Lou; Herbeck, Dan (2001) "McVeigh's hand drawn map of his movements immediately after igniting bomb" in American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh & the Oklahoma City Bombing (hardcover) (1 st ed.), Category:New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, pp. Plate before p. 107 Retrieved on 21 June 2009. ISBN: 0-06-039407-2. Author: Jappalang: Other versions
The Oklahoma City National Memorial in the northern part of Oklahoma City's downtown was created as the inscription on its eastern gate of the Memorial reads, "to honor the victims, survivors, rescuers, and all who were changed forever on April 19, 1995"; the memorial was built on the land formerly occupied by the Alfred P. Murrah Federal ...
The huge green granite monument — which looks similar to Washington, DC’s famed Vietnam Veterans Memorial — was first dedicated Oct. 20, 1997, and includes water features designed to ...
This was the only shade tree in the parking lot across the street from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Commuters arrived early to get one of the shady parking spots provided by its branches. Photos of Oklahoma City taken in the 1920s show the tree to be about 100 years old (in the year 2000). [1]