• View of the grounds

    Oklahoma City

    National Memorial Oklahoma

In memory of...

The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995, killed 168 people, including 19 children, and injured more than 650. The memorial is a public/private partnership erected so that the American public can honor the memory of the victims, their families, the survivors, and their rescuers.

Did You Know?

The empty chairs seen through a redbud tree

The rescue operation involved over 12,000 people, and the rescuers are symbolically represented by the trees in the rescuers orchard, with the Oklahoma redbud trees at the Oklahoma City National Memorial representing the rescuers from Oklahoma who took part in the operation. More...