Today the STAMPS group traveled to the University of Oklahoma (
OU)!!! At
OU went on a campus tour. Even though I had an headache (which Ms. Trenkle took care of) for the hour tour I had fun. After the tour we received
OU t-shirts. By this time we were
eager for lunch. Lunch was at "Which
Wich," get it?, Which Sandwich? We ate lunch with
Najah and
Kiera who are Ms.
Trenkle's X-students. After lunch we said good bye to
Najah and
Kiera and headed to the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial. On April 19, 1995
Timothy McVeigh rented a Ryder truck and filled it with nearly 5,000 pound of ammunition. Timothy drove the truck in to the Alfred P. Murrah federal building. The bomb went off killing 168 men, women, and children. There were three pregnant women who died in the bombing. The Bombing Memorial consist of two gates which had 9:01 one on gate and 9:03 on the other. This freezes the minute of 9:02 when the bomb went off. The site also has a big chair for every adult that died and a small chair for every child that died. The bombing memorial also has a reflecting pool as well as a site museum. To get our mind off of the gruesome information learned we went to Sonic and got ice cold drinks. We later went to the Land Rush Monument which explained how the government was basically giving away free land and certain people claimed there land before you legally could. They were called "Sooners," which is OU's mascot. Overall, I feel today was worth suffering a headache all day.
Do you think all the empty chairs are a good memorial for the victims of this bombing? What do the all the chairs represent?
ReplyDeleteCJ thanks for calling me so that I could say hi to Kierra. That was awesome of Ms. Trenkle to think of calling them while you guys were there. They sounded very happy to take a break and hang out with current Stuart kids for part of the day. Keep enjoying guys the time is soon approaching for the trip back to DC.
ReplyDeleteMs. Warrick
CJ, I hope your headache's gone now. It was good that you were able to tough it out and get so much out of the day.
ReplyDeleteSo many different feelings in one day. I remember the excitement of a college campus and I remember the shock and sadness that I felt when I heard about the bombing in Oklahoma City. You must have been exhausted by the end of the day.
Nick, CJ, Jordan, Owen and Ms. Trenkle: The pics are great! It sounds like you all are having a great time. I am glad that you had a chance to catch up with Naja and Kierra (my daughter). Be safe.
ReplyDeleteMr. Eatman
CEEJ! What a sobering place to visit! Who needs foreign terrorists? We've got our own home grown ones. Well, Sonic saves the day, thank goodness. Just think, in only a few months you'll be in high school, taller than your mom, smarter than me (maybe...) and leaving all us old ladies behind. I'll see you when you get back.
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