On July 4, 2009, we were very fortunate to visit the Oklahoma City National Memorial with some dear friends. The site is very awe inspiring. The reflecting pool shown here is absolutely beautiful. Visiting this site will take you back to that fateful day when domestic terrorism struck the heartland of our country. 
We spent about 4 hours at the site and going through the museum. The empty chairs will make you think. Most of us will never know what the survivors have gone through and many are still suffering today. The untold horror of what took place will forever be a shadow over our country and a testament to the uselessness of this sort of violence. This one desperate act did not change what took place at Waco or Ruby Ridge. It could not. However, the perpetrator(s) of this horrific act only proved that they were guilty of innocent blood and if vengeance was the motive, it certainly did not avenge a single life. The sadness and solemnity of this site is a bleak reminder that not all enemies of our country are from foreign shores. The mis-guided, mis-informed and ignorant acts of desperate people present a very real and present danger.
If you are anywhere near Oklahoma City, put this one on your must see list. Let us never forget those who were victimized that day. We all will carry the scars but none more than the survivors of this despicable act of treason.
The fence on the side of the Memorial that leads to the Museum is decorated with memorials from relatives of the victims and visitors to this site in honor of those who perished. They are placed in the chain link fence that was erected at the site while the work was being done and because of these, the fence was never taken down.
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