Oklahoma City National Memorial

The Oklahoma City National Memorial on the site of the Murrah Federal Building was a powerful reminder of that never-to-be-forgotten April 19th bombing. From the recovery has emerged the Oklahoma Standard, a prescription for dealing with a terrorist attach in the most humane and caring way.

In the place where the Murrah Building once stood are granite and glass chairs representing the 168 adults and children who were killed by the explosion of the truck bomb and resulting collapse of the building. In place of the street where Timothy McVeigh drove the Penske truck loaded with explosives is a reflection pool. The museum takes up 3 floors of the Journal building across the street. The museum relives the 9:02 explosion, the recovery of those who survived and those who did not, the reaching out of the community and the nation to provide support to those whose lives would forever be changed and the investigation that traced the pieces of the truck to Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols.

It was a moving tribute to a terrible event in our country's heritage.

On a lighter note, we spent another 4 hours at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum....fabulous. We ate authentic Korean food, visited Stockyard City and ate at the Cattlemans and walked along OKC's riverwalk in Bricktown.