Oklahoma City bombing memorial service is scheduled

Ponca City Now - April 11, 2016 9:08 am

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – A memorial service has been scheduled for the 21st anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing.

The service will be April 19 near the field of empty chairs at the Oklahoma City Memorial and Museum. The chairs are in honor of the 168 victims of the 1995 bombing.

The service is to begin at 8:45 a.m. on April 19 and will include 168 seconds of silence as a memorial to the victims and the reading of each victim’s name.

The museum will be open with no admission charge following the service.

 

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