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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial

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Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum

Address:
620 N. Harvey, Oklahoma City, OK
Directions:
Downtown. On NW 5th St. between Robinson and Harvey Aves.
Phone:
405-235-3313
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Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial.

Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial

Sprawling, somber, and stirring memorial to victims of a homegrown terrorist attack. The Field of Empty Chairs account for each 1995 bombing victim.

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Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial at night.

Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial

Worth it on so many levels. Go at night and day....

[Karen, 05/01/2023]

Empty chairs.

Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial

Emotionally moving and beautiful memorial to the people lost to a senseless, deliberate act.

[Rex McManamy, 10/14/2020]

Photo of the 9:01 end of the memorial.

Bombing Memorial Museum captures 9:02 AM moment

The damaged Journal Record Building will open as the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Museum on Monday, April 19 -- exactly six years after the tragedy. The museum provides an eerie chronicle of the day, including a recreation of the moment inside the JR Building when the explosion destroyed most of the adjacent federal building....

[02/17/2001] Complete News Story

Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial.

Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial

The Oklahoma City Bombing site has become a beautifulmemorial. Anyone traveling near OKC should make it a point to visit thisplace. It is the most beautiful after dark. Words cannot explain theexperience.

[j.jorgensen, 01/07/2001]

The memorial sprawls across the real estate where the bombing took place. One particularly eerie sight is an array of chairs in a field, representing each victim, lit by a translucent cube below each seat. January 2012: Photo added.


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