Field of Empty Chairs
The 168 chairs represent the lives taken on April 19, 1995. They stand in nine rows to represent each floor of the building, and each chair bears the name of someone killed on that floor. Nineteen smaller chairs stand for the children. The field is located on the footprint of the Murrah Building.
We chose to take the southern route home from Santa Fe to Saint Paul, Mn for the express purpose of viewing this heartbreaking Memorial site.
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un beau choix, et un bel hommage
ReplyDeleteA beautiful and haunting memorial.
ReplyDeleteI remember this day very well. My parents both worked downtown and sometimes my Dad had business in this building. I was fortunate that no one in my family was injured, but I still feel for the Oklahomans who lost loved ones. Every time I go back to this memorial I get a little teary and choked up. It's a moving place.
ReplyDeleteSad but beautiful memorial, Kate.
ReplyDeleteOKC is not my hometown but I have been there so many times on my way to my hometown (Quincy, IL) that it sometimes feels that way. My brother-in-law lived there for many years so it made a great stopping place with lots of things to see.
I also remember this day. Seems like a long time ago now.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this. I have never seen the memorial - didn't even know it existed, for that matter. It's an important memorial. And probably we need to remember that McVeigh was a home-grown terrorist!
ReplyDeleteSo glad that you were able to visit and pay your respects. It's a beautiful memorial.
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Very moving memorial. Blessings, Debbie
ReplyDeleteBeautiful memorial.
ReplyDeleteThere is something about a mass of identical simple forms lined up in neat rows that draws emotion from the viewers. That is the effect of the American Cemetery in Normandy. This is also a powerful monument. Thank you for showing it.
ReplyDeleteI think that Jack expressed this beautifully. The impact of the rows and rows brings back the memories of a moment that changed our world. Very dramatic
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Genie
I've heard about this and seen photos. Thank you for sharing your impressions of it. It is very moving. We'll never forget that terrible act.
ReplyDeleteI recognized it immediately.
ReplyDeleteI knew someone who was in a building across the street, and the blast severely injured her (force of the blast threw her against a wall) for many month.
Sad day.
ROG, ABC Wednesday team
Your shot brings out the gravity of the memorial - the starkness of the chairs lined up with the spreading green of the tree hovering over. I love it.
ReplyDeleteA memorial of simplicity, thought and power. A terrible event.
ReplyDeleteJoy, ABC Team
I like the simplicity of this memorial. It makes me feel so sad that one person could cause so much hurt.
ReplyDeleteThat is so sad!
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Rose, ABC Wednesday Team
Oh yes I well remember that awful day. This is such a stunning memorial, Kate. Perhaps it's not the right question but do people ever sit on a chair and remember, or is it not the done thing...?
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