I was at the Memorial today and toured the museuem for the first time. Brought back some old feelings, but my point is at the end of the tour there is a walk way paved with pennies to the childrens area. With all the emotion I still wondered how many good pennies are forever in that floor. If you are ever in OKC spend the $10 to go through the museuem try to give it an 1.5 hrs. if not the memorial is great. talk to the Rangers because it does take some explaining.
Back in 1995, the Murrah Federal building was bombed downtown and many lives were lost in the tragedy. A very nice and touching memorial has been erected in the place of this building. There are two square walls at each end of where the building was-the first has 9:01 on it, the minute before the bombing, and 9:03 is on the 2nd, the minute after. In the middle is a reflection pool as well as a lit metal chair for each victim. There is a museum in the building that was beside the Federal building currently. At the end is the road of pennies mentioned that I believe were donated in a city fundraiser. It is definately worth the stop if you are ever in the area!
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Posted - 08/05/2009 : 18:00:35
