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Oklahoma City Remembers 21 Years After Deadly Murrah Federal Bombing
KFOR ^ | APRIL 19, 2016 | DALLAS FRANKLIN

Posted on 04/19/2016 2:24:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Tuesday morning, people across the state and country will take time to remember the 168 lives that were lost 21 years ago.

On April 19, 1995, a bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, destroying much of the nine-story structure.

While the scars have healed since that day, the memories are still fresh in the minds of so many.

Today, we honor those 168 lives lost, but not forgotten.

The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum hosts the 21st Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony beginning at 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday.

During the program, 168 seconds of silence will be observed at 9:02 a.m.

On Tuesday, Cox Communications will provide free admission to the museum for all visitors.

21st Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony Program

April 19, 2016

Program Begins at 8:55am

Prelude Music....................................................................................................... Lincoln Ferguson

Bagpiper procession................................................... Steve Casey & Mike Galu, DEA Special Agents

Welcome............................................................................................ Michael C. Turpen, Chairman

Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation

Mission Statement........................................................................................... Mayor Mick Cornett

168 Seconds of Silence

Blessing.......................................................... Rev. M. Price Oswalt, KCHS, St. Joseph Old Cathedral

Posting of Colors....................................... Combined Honor Guard, OKC Police & Fire Departments

“Star Spangled Banner” (Francis Scott Key).................................................................. Carmen Bond

Remarks......................................................................................................... Governor Mary Fallin

“I Am Not Alone” (Kari Jobe)....................................................................................... Carmen Bond

Reading of 168 Names (Please remain seated until all names have been read)

Ed Eckenstein – survivor, Oklahoma Water Resources Board Building

Samantha Stiers – granddaughter of Linda G. McKinney

Peggy Rider – sister of Carrol June “Chip” Fields

Austin Allen – son of Ted L. Allen

Ruth Heald Schwab – survivor, HUD

Catherine Alaniz-Simonds – daughter of Claude Arthur Medearis

M. Blayne Arthur – daughter of Dr. Margaret L. “Peggy” Clark

Jeannine Gist – mother of Karen Gist Carr

Debbie Pippin – mother of Christy Rosas

Kya Floyd – niece of Christy Rosas

Stephanie Ellingson – sister of Claudette Duke Meek

Renee Moore – mother of Antonio Ansara Cooper Jr.

Wanda McNeely – grandmother of Antonio Ansara Cooper Jr.

Antonio Ansara Cooper Sr. – father of Antonio Ansara Cooper Jr.

Diana Perry – daughter of Michael L. Loudenslager

Michael Perry – grandson of Michael L. Loudenslager

Cierra Chastain – granddaughter of SSA survivor Suzie Welch

Reginald C. Harding – nephew of Ronald Vernon Harding Sr.

Lakeshia Lofton – niece of Ronald Vernon Harding Sr.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: anniversary; domesticterrorism; johndoe2; johndoenumber2; johndoenumbertwo; johndoetwo; okcbombing; waco
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To: EEGator

fantastic point..!

At first I didn’t understand your post, but now I do and I COMPLETELY CONCUR.


21 posted on 04/19/2016 3:50:56 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: nickcarraway

The memorial in Oklahoma City is absolutely amazing. If you are ever anywhere close to OKC, it is a must see.


22 posted on 04/19/2016 3:57:14 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: nickcarraway

Interview with Jayna Davis on OKC bombing and terrorism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNWwMRM6sYQ


23 posted on 04/19/2016 4:10:31 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for)
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To: nickcarraway

“Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. ... If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself...”

— Government Quotes, by Louis D. Brandeis, dissent in the case “Olmstead v. United States”, 277 U.S. 438, 485 (1928)


24 posted on 04/19/2016 4:48:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: gaijin

I’ve still got my eye out for those “six dark complected men of Middle Eastern extraction, see fleeing the area wearing blue jogging clothes” as reported on ABC NEWS that day.


25 posted on 04/19/2016 5:11:23 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: gwjack

What an articulate, moving post. Thanks for sharing.

God Bless.


26 posted on 04/19/2016 6:25:31 PM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl (Proud Islamophobe.)
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27 posted on 04/19/2016 6:27:00 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Hey Ted, why are you taking one for the RNC/GOPe team, and not ours? Not that we don't know.)
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To: nickcarraway

McVeigh was a bit player and fall guy. Nichols met with Ramzi Yousef in The Philippines to plan the bombing - the exact bomb that Yousef set in the first World Trade Center bombing.
Every American should read Jayna Davis’ book, The Third Terrorist. Then read McVeigh’s lawyer’s book.


28 posted on 04/19/2016 7:16:23 PM PDT by namvolunteer (Obama says the US is subservient to the UN and the Constitution does not apply. That is treason.)
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To: servantboy777

The FBI had infiltrated Elohim City, McVeigh’s training compound and could have stopped the bombing at any time. After the bombing, witnesses who could have pointed the finger at the FBI started getting “heart attacked”. This and Waco and Ruby Ridge were Janet Reno’s gambit to blunt the militia movements getting up steam across the country. Read David Hoffman’s “The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Politics of Terror”

http://www.amazon.com/Oklahoma-City-Bombing-Politics-Terror/dp/0922915490


29 posted on 04/19/2016 7:34:43 PM PDT by Yollopoliuhqui (Smarter - Faster)
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To: Yollopoliuhqui

Cannot argue your points. Great post.


30 posted on 04/19/2016 7:50:55 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: CrimsonTidegirl

Thank you.


31 posted on 04/19/2016 8:19:34 PM PDT by gwjack (May God give America His richest blessings.)
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To: nickcarraway

Years later, George Stephanopolis wrote in his book that when this happened, Bill Clinton was so excited he nearly pissed his pants, telling George that this was going to be the thing that would revive his totally flailing presidency. He had had his ass handed to him in the 1994 midterm election a few months before, and many were starting to realize what a horrible president Clinton was.

George reported that Clinton beamingly said that he would now become America’s father figure and let us Americans know that he wouldn’t allow these crazy right-wing nut jobs to do anything like that again. As I recall, George was instructed to make sure the message went far and wide. Rush Limbaugh was to be made the face of such terrible acts.

It was this evil, national tragedy that many say relaunched Clinton—much to his joy—and put him back in the driver’s seat. It’s perfectly Clintonic... Evil was the impetus that Clinton needed to start breathing again politically.

He is the vilest politician this country has ever had to face, along with his wicked so-called wife.

(The kicker was that George reported this act and the president’s glee in the most glowing, blow-jobbing terms that a man could muster, not a trace of shame or even surprise that a US president could be so depraved.)


32 posted on 04/19/2016 8:46:47 PM PDT by Husker8877
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