The role of public memorials

Memorial to victims of Oklahoma City bombing
"Field of Empty Chairs" is part of the Oklahoma City National Memorial. The chairs represent each of the victims who died as a result of the 1995 attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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