JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum: Looking Back & Thinking Forward.

  • Published In: South Central Review, 2023, v. 40, n. 2/3. P. 133 1 of 3

  • Database: Humanities Source Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Watkins, Kari 3 of 3

Abstract

This essay offers a brief history of the Oklahoma City Terrorist attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on 19 April 1995, when a truck bomb planted by a former American soldier, Timothy McVeigh, exploded near the building, killing 168 people, including 19 children. It then describes the early commemorative ceremonies taking place on the site, and the gradual transformation of these commemorative efforts into an initiative to create a permanent museum and memorial to honor the victims and to inform visitors to the museum about what occurred that terrible day. The museum and memorial is known today as the Oklahoma National Memorial and Museum. The attack that inspired it remains the worst domestic terrorism attack in US history. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:South Central Review. 2023/06, Vol. 40, Issue 2/3, p133
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Political Science
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:07436831
  • DOI:10.1353/scr.2023.a915862
  • Accession Number:174449523
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