Next we headed to the Oklahoma City Memorial, from the bombing at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995. I had been to the memorial with my mom a few years back but now they have a museum and it is very well done. The way it is presented is graphic and really puts you into the moment..painful at times. We all could not stop thinking about what we saw and learned there. The lawn of the area where the building once stood has a chair for each of the 168 people that died there...and there is a chain link fence along 5th Avenue with mementos people have left over the years. Its very moving and a place we will not soon forget !
Next we went to the National Cowboy and Heritage Museum. Yee Haw ! We saw all kinds of cowboys, rodeo guys, ranchers, shoot-em' ups and everything in between. I took some pictures of the statues, which were really neat..bronze mostly and huge ! John Wayne had a huge presence here ! Do not ask me why Abraham Lincoln was there but he looked really good ! Anyway, enjoy these:
John Wayne
Ronald Reagan
Route 66 was next, we just had to get our kicks while we were so close by !
And to top all this off, we just happened to be driving by and noticed this little sign ! Who'd a thunk ! Moore, Oklahoma is a small town and we didn't get to scout around to see if he had a statue !
Hope you enjoyed our day as much as we did ! Tomorrow we head for Dallas to see what Texas brings us ! xxoo TML
