The Redbud tree

Oklahoma state tree is the Redbud. They decided to surround the Surviving tree with Redbud representing the people of OK that came to help. Beyond that circle, they used two other types of trees to represent the rest of America that came to help that day and the days that followed. — at Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum.

Myriad Botanical Garden and more importantly OKC Memorial & Museum

April 14th 2013
18 years ago on April 19, 1995 Timothy McVeigh and his cohort decided to destroy the innocence of America. Even moreso, the innocence of Oklahoma City. Since I had known that I was coming to Oklahoma-one of the top visits were going to be the OKC Memorial. Before 9-11, April 19th happened. While I was in Minnesota, awaiting my first nephew (who came 3 days later on April 22) a bomb exploded on a r ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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