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18th Annual Remembrance Ceremony

Anniversary Ceremony
Friday, April 19, 2013
Program Begins at 8:55am
Draft No. 1-4/1/13

8:30am 25:00 Prelude Music
8:30am Stage Processional Gather at 9:01 Gate
8:55am Oklahoma Scottish Pipes and Drums Leads Procession
Welcome by Gary Pierson, Chairman
Mission Statement & Moment of Silence by Jon Wallace, Disaster Social Services Director for Salvation Army in 1995, now FEMA-Voluntary Agencies Liaison
Invocation by Dr. Bob Long, Senior Pastor St. Luke’s United Methodist Church
Posting of Colors on the GSA Plaza, EMSA Honor Guard
National Anthem by Campbell Walker Fields

18 Years Later-we still stand as one city, one state, one nation
Remarks by Vice-Mayor Pat Ryan
Remarks by Governor Mary Fallin
Remarks by Congressman James Lankford

Thank You to Cox & Teleflora

Reading of 168 Names
Rachael Strahan – daughter of Rebecca Needham Anderson
Peggy Rider – Sister of Carrol June “Chip” Fields
Berta Altizer – former HUD employee and wife of HUD survivor Ken Altizer
Carol Beranek – HUD survivor
Terry Wilson –U.S. Customs Resident Agent in Charge (1995)
Davis Winchester – nephew of Dr. Margaret L. “Peggy” Clark
Arlene Blanchard – U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion survivor
Susan Walton – Federal Employees Credit Union survivor
Vickie Lykins – daughter of Norma “Jean” Johnson
Jennifer Kennedy – sister of Blake Ryan Kennedy
Helena Garrett – mother of Tevin D’Aundrae Garrett
Diana Perry – daughter of Michael L. Loudenslager
Jackie Hernandez – daughter of Social Security Administration survivor Georgina Hernandez
Tiffany Hughes – daughter of Social Security Administration survivor Rogene Hughes
Nicole Lynn – daughter of Social Security Administration survivor Rogene Hughes

Thank you & Post show/people go to the chairs/museum open

Notes to the Media

There will be a TV pool camera head shot on ground level, provided by KWTV.
The still photo pool will be provided by Sue Ogrocki with AP cell# 405 503 0656.
There will be a mult-box located at the Survivor Tree. Continuous audio will be fed starting at 8:15am.
All media trucks will be parked along Robinson Avenue. You are required to get a parking permit from the City of Oklahoma City traffic. When taking out your permit, ask if live trucks can be parked Thursday PM. The Memorial cannot give that permission.
The Memorial logo for your use is located on the FTP Site listed below. Please try to convince your reporters and talent, the official name is the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, NOT the bombing Memorial. This is a very sensitive subject with families and survivors.
Names and photographs and b-rolls are available at FTP Site
ftp.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org
User Name: ocnmmedia
Password: M3diafiles
GSA Plaza is under construction and there will be no media allowed in that area this year.
All Media is contained at the Survivor Tree beginning at 8:30 a.m. and until the ceremony ends (after the reading of the 168 names)
All morning live shots have to be completed by 8:00 a.m. unless they are under the Survivor Tree
Social Media Campaign to help us teach the younger generation by tweeting about the event. We will be pushing a social media hashtag throughout the day to trend this Day of Remembrance -Please help us by using the following hashtag #ForeverChanged @OKCNM -We would like to ask all local media to promote this hash tag during your live feed of the ceremony -Consider running a live twitter feed of the hashtag #ForeverChanged -Encourage viewers/readers/listeners to submit comments on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Vine
Encourage Readers/Viewers/Listeners to come to the April 19th Ceremony and experience the Memorial Museum free that day from 10:00-5:00, thanks to Cox Communications.
Weather backup plan – if it’s lightning, the ceremony will be moved to the Methodist Church. The call to move the location will be made at 7:00 AM on April 19.

Media Contacts

Kari Watkins
kw@oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org
(405) 830-6114

MaryAnn Eckstein
mae@oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org
(405) 888-6908

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