The Life Magazine Baby - Miss Baylee Almon

You are entering the area where the Alfred P. Murrah Building once stood. The pathway was salvaged from the Murray Building. The Field of Empty Chairs is a tribute to the 168 Americans who were killed April 19, 1995. The nine rows represent the nine floors of the former Murrah Building. Each person's chair is positioned in the row that corresponds to the floor on which they worked or were visiting. The five westernmost Empty Chairs honor those who were killed outside the Murrah Building.

The Rescuer Orchard is in an area where the Oklahoma Water Resources and Athenian Building once stood. Both sustained heavy damage and required demolition.

The Orchard symbolically "rushes in" from both east and west on the Memorial Grounds towards the Survivor Tree.

This placement was selected as a tribute to the Rescue Workers who rushed in to help following the disaster.

Three tree varieties were selected, Oklahoma Redbud, Amur Maple, and Chinese Pistache. The Oklahoma Redbud is nearest the Survivor Tree in honor of the Oklahomans first on the scene.

This American Elm was surrounded by a parking lot filled with burning vehicles on April 19, 1995. It survived the impact of the explosion and became known as the Survivor Tree, an important symbol of resilience to the family members of those killed, survivors, rescue workers and people around the country. Photographs of this tree date back to the 1920's when it stood in the backyard of a family's home.

Original wall of the Murrah Building.

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