Spring Break in OK! - Oklahoma City National Memorial

On our last day in Oklahoma we went to the National Memorial, the place of the Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995.

I remember the day the bombing happened to the Alfred P. Murrah building and how terrifying it was. 

Each chair represents the 168 people that died in the explosion. The building stood where the chairs now sit. Each chair has a name of one of the victims. 

 The blast happened at 9:02. One wall has 9:01 and one has 9:03. The bomb went off right between those times and between those walls. 

Above is the only remaining wall of the Murrah building. 

This was the Journal and Records building that sat next to the Murrah building. Now it is the museum. There are still cracks left in it. 

Across the street from the memorial is a beautiful, heart breaking statue of Jesus weeping as he turns away from the site. 

The whole memorial is incredibly and powerfully done. 

We spent our last evening eating s'mores around the campfire. 

We had a great Spring Break. Our week in Oklahoma ended with a beautiful sunset. 

Spring Break in OK! - Where the Winds Come Sweeping Down the Plain!

We stayed at Lake Thunderbird State Park. Our campsite was beautiful, but the weather did not want to cooperate. Cold on Monday, cold and rainy on Tuesday, cold and WINDY on Wednesday and very cold on Thursday. 

We wore coats and hung out around the fire when we journeyed from the RV. 

We found one geocache on Wednesday.

It was so windy, the lake turned red from all of Oklahoma's red dirt being stirred up! 

It was so windy, Byron and I were afraid the RV would tip over! 

Despite the crazy weather, we had a really fun time! 

Spring Break in OK! - Oklahoma History Center

On the next day of our Spring Break we went into Oklahoma City and visited the Oklahoma History Center. 

We took a virtual trip over Oklahoma City of the 1930's

We saw the various Oklahoma businesses displayed. 

Sonic: 

Dog tags from the Oklahoma citizens who fought in Vietnam.

The Civil Rights movement in Oklahoma:

How the World Wars effected Oklahoma. 

This exhibit was of a WWI trench.

Looking through the periscope into "No Man's Land".

Byron and the kids even have a family member in the museum. Carrie Nation was part of Byron's mom's family. She was notorious for chopping up bars during the prohibition. 

They were also able to go on stage for Oklahoma! the musical! 

We also learned about the Oklahoma land rush. 

There was so much to see in this center. I was so happy at the amount of history they covered. It went along perfectly with our area of study this year!!