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10 That Changed America
Monuments | Oklahoma City National Memorial
The 1995 bombing at the Murrah Federal Building was the deadliest act of terrorism on American soil until 9/11, leaving 168 dead and more than 800 injured. Like the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Hans and Torrey Butzer’s monument honors the dead – each with a single empty chair.
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