It has been 25 years since Oklahoma City’s worst day, and though we have forged onward into the future, it has left a lasting mark. That mark could have made us afraid and suspicious of change; instead, we look forward to progress and hold the courage of so many that day as a standard to […]
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Purple martins majesties
The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum was the first to weather the nuisance when the birds settled in trees overlooking the site. Firefighters used high-pressure hoses to get the martins to leave. Instead, the birds migrated to an auto Bank of Oklahoma branch across the street on the corner of N. Robinson Avenue and […]
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Winging it
Their first stop was in the clusters of trees at the Oklahoma City National Memorial. “It’s been very disturbing to go out and see visitors holding brochures over their heads to avoid the bird droppings,” said Kari Watkins, executive director of the OKC National Memorial & Museum. “We are not trying to hurt [the birds]. […]
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Reflections of Shadid
Oklahoma City National Memorial The family of two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid will accept the 2012 Reflections of Hope Award at a Thursday luncheon, an honor bestowed annually by the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum. Shadid, an Oklahoma City native who died of an asthma attack in February while on assignment in […]