Category: News, observances, history

June Timely Topics- Relaxation, Recreation, and Remembering

For many of us in the world, June is a welcome month. Warm, sunny weather, colorful flowers, the first day of summer. Students get a break from school, and travelers hit the roads and the sky. Lots of fun to be had, but also times to slow down, remember, and reflect.

Remembering June 6, 1944

First, people in the United States, Europe, and other Allied nations remember the events of June 6, 1944, the beginning of the end of World War 2.

Safe and healthy recreation

Here are links to posts that can help you enjoy the “lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer”

two people dangling their legs into a pool.
Don’t let water-related illness spoil your summer fun. photo from stock photo site- Lightstock.com- affiliate link

Don’t drink the water-how to avoid water-related illness

Safe and healthy cruising-keys to an enjoyable vacation

5 insect repellents to keep you safe this summer

Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days Of Summer – Nat King Cole (LIVE)

Relax with summer reading

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Bookshop.org is an online bookstore that financially supports local, independent bookstores.

We believe bookstores are essential to a healthy culture and they are dedicated to the common good.

Bookshop.org donates a portion of every sale to independent bookstores.

Exploring the HEART of health

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A Memorial to Remember the Oklahoma City Bombing

Photos from The Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum

updated April 10, 2026

At 9:02 AM April 19, 1995, a bomb exploded at the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, destroying the front side of the building, damaging several adjacent buildings, injuring 680 people, and killing 168 people, including 19 children.

Until September 11, 2001, it was the deadliest terrorist attack on United States soil; it remains the worst domestic terrorist attack.

A memorial and museum now stand in silent tribute and remembrance.

  • gold memorial chairs surrounded by trees at the Oklahoma National Memorial
  • window at the Oklahoma City bombing museum
ABOVE: The Reflecting Pool and Field of Empty Chairs; the museum entrance, and the window overlooking the memorial
a chainlink fence with mementos-girl photo, teeshirts, wreaths, flag, toy

the chainlink fence displays mementos

a chainlink fence with mementos-stuffed dog, wreath, photo, plaque
a chainlink fence with mementos-wreath, photo, flag, ball cap

We come here to remember
those who were killed, those who survived and those changed forever.
May all who leave here know the impact of violence.
May this memorial offer comfort, strength, peace, hope and serenity.

mission statement of the memorial and museum

sections of the original building as they were immediately after the bombing, left standing as a reminder of the violence

There is a chair for each person who died that day, 168.

The Survivor Tree is an American elm tree in the heart of downtown Oklahoma City, it survived the bomb’s blast and witnessed one of the worst terrorist attacks on American Soil.

Museum website
The Survivor Tree, an American elm, survived the blast and is part of the Memorial.
a statue of Christ, hand covering His face
Jesus grieving at a church across the street
"We seek for the truth, we seek justice"
words written on the remaining wall of the Journal Record Building, also damaged that day

Tiles painted by children from all over the country, gifted to the museum, and displayed at the outside entrance.

The 9:03 Gate

The 9:01 Gate

The Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum

The Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum is privately funded. The memorial is free and open to the public. An admission is charged to tour the museum.

The Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation is a private 501(c)(3) organization that owns and operates the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum.

It does not receive any annual operating funds from the federal, state, or local government.

The Survivor Tree

Sharing the HEARTS of those we have lost to violence

I took these photos on several visits to Oklahoma City from 2007 to 2020.

If you pass through Oklahoma, please stop and visit the Memorial and Museum. You will not regret the time spent and you will never feel the same.

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