I recently visited the Oklahoma City National Memorial and found it, surprisingly, to be a very peaceful place. The memorial covers a lawn where the building that was bombed used to be. There are two walls at each end of a shallow reflecting pool. One of the walls had the time 9:01 carved out, to represent the minute before the bombing, and the other wall had 9:03 carved out to represent the minute after. Then, there were chairs on one side of the lawn; a chair for each person who died and smaller chairs for the children that died. On the other side of the lawn was the Survivor Tree. This is a tree that made it through the bombing, although it does have its scars. Finally, I walked passed the Memory Fence, where loved ones can place items to remember those lost. This was a little overwhelming for me, but I hope it brings comfort to those that lost family and friends.
As recommended, I went back to the memorial at night and found it to still be a calming place. It was also amazing to photograph! I am no professional but I did follow them around and try to copy their pictures.
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