New Law Oklahoma Students to Study Murrah Building Bombing

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A bill signed into law two weeks before the 15th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building stresses the need to educate Oklahoma public school students about the Oklahoma City attack.

"The events that occurred that day — April 19, 1995 — still remain today some of the most horrific events ever to occur on American soil,” Gov. Brad Henry said Tuesday as he signed the measure in a ceremony at the Oklahoma National Memorial & Museum. "While the events of that day are indelibly etched in the mind of those who were here when it occurred ... there are so many children throughout our state that weren’t even born on April 19, 1995, or were too young to really have a significant memory of the events that occurred that day.”

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The measure states the curriculum should include the role that the bombing played in the history of the state and the nation. A study of the bombing and its aftermath can help students learn the impact of violence, the senselessness of using violence to solve problems or effect government change and the importance of personal responsibility, according to the measure.

John Richels, chairman of the memorial’s board of trustees, said he appreciated the effort to make the history of the bombing and the resilience of Oklahomans a permanent part of what is taught in history classes in the state.

"Everyone of us was changed forever, and that’s an important part of what we can teach,” he said.

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