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The Survivor Tree is an American elm which survived the Oklahoma City bombing (1995) and lives on the north side of the Oklahoma City National Memorial, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Description and history
The Field of Empty Chairs, east Gate of Time, and Reflecting Pool at the Oklahoma City National Memorial. The Survivor Tree is visible in the upper left corner. The Oklahoma City National Memorial as seen from the base of the reflecting pool The Survivors' Wall is the only remaining part of the Murrah Building left standing, and forms part of the memorial complex.
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And if you’ve ever been to New York City, there’s a seedling from (Oklahoma City’s) survivor tree.” Larson, a member of the Oklahoma National Air Guard, runs for fallen service members.
[243] [244] Many suggestions for suitable memorials were sent to Oklahoma City, but an official memorial planning committee was not set up until early 1996, [245] when the Murrah Federal Building Memorial Task Force, composed of 350 members, was set up to formulate plans for a memorial to commemorate the victims of the bombing. [164]
A monument to peace. There’s another, even more dramatic story about survivor trees. In 1990 I visited Nagasaki, the city where the second atomic bomb was dropped at the end of World War II.
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The Survivor Tree at the Oklahoma City National Memorial (2004) An American elm located in a parking lot directly across the street from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City survived the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995, that killed 168 people and destroyed the Murrah building. Damaged in the blast, with fragments ...