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.
fantastic point..!
At first I didn’t understand your post, but now I do and I COMPLETELY CONCUR.
The memorial in Oklahoma City is absolutely amazing. If you are ever anywhere close to OKC, it is a must see.
Interview with Jayna Davis on OKC bombing and terrorism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNWwMRM6sYQ
“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)
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.
What an articulate, moving post. Thanks for sharing.
God Bless.
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.
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
Cannot argue your points. Great post.
Thank you.
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.)
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