Oklahoma Students Visit Oklahoma National Memorial and Museum for First Time

By Jennifer Pierce, NEWS 9

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Today is the first time many Oklahoma students will see the Oklahoma National Memorial and Museum.

A group of Jenks students traveled down the turnpike to experience the 15th anniversary first-hand. The eighth-grade history students were not even born when the Murrah Bombing took placed. But, for 14-year-old Carter Fox, he researched the events that led up to the bombing before touring the museum.

Fox and his classmates will learn more about the terrorist attack that shaped Oklahoma history.

On Tuesday, April 6 Governor Brad Henry signed a bill mandating the Murrah Bombing be included in Oklahoma's history curriculum. While many teachers already discuss the bombing with their classes, the bill makes it a formal and required part of students' education.

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