Volume 12 , Issue 16

Duchess Spring Domain

Spring, afternoon rains began late Friday afternoon and through the evening here in southwest Colorado and is continuing today as we labor to get this week's OkieLegacy ezine published. forgot to put out my rain gauge, though. My humans have been busy packing for a move at the end of April 2010.

Goldbug & Alva Murals

Steve N. sent us this link for the Alva Mural Society's webpage. It is really getting quite a collection of outstanding murals in Alva, Oklahoma today. Want to see something nice? Go to alvamurals.org to see Class of '60 gift to the high school in 2000.

This Duchess Pug was not around 15 years ago today, 19 April 1995, 9:02a.m., when the Alfred P Murrah building and 168 lives were lost to a truck bomb blast in downtown Oklahoma City (OKC).

BUT -- NW Okie was living in Alva, Oklahoma during that time and was out at the office when she received a call from her sister, Dorthy, in Oklahoma City, felt the rumble of the American terrorist attack on the Murrah building as far away as 39th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue or in that vicinity.

Oklahoma City Bombing (April 19, 1995)

Memorial officials and state leaders addressed the importance of teaching the history and lessons of the bombing to a generation of children who were not even born when the attack happened. Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry recently signed a law requiring the history of the attack be a part of the state's permanent school curriculum.

McVeigh was executed in 2001 after being convicted on federal murder charges. His Army friend, Terry Nichols, is serving a life sentence in a Colorado federal prison after being convicted on state and federal bombing charges.

Do you remember where you were 19 April 1995? What were you doing? Did you know someone who lost their life in the Murrah bombing in Oklahoma City?

Good Night and Good Luck!
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