The Elm That Wouldn't Die
In downtown Oklahoma City, an American Elm stands in the northwest corner of the National Memorial. Before April 19, 1995, nobody paid it much attention...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Genesis 9:8-17.
In downtown Oklahoma City, an American Elm stands in the northwest corner of the National Memorial. Before April 19, 1995, nobody paid it much attention — just a parking lot shade tree. Then Timothy McVeigh's bomb tore through the Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 people. The blast scorched the elm black, drove shrapnel into its trunk, and snapped its branches.…
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