A 2005 candlelight vigil held at the Oklahoma City National Memorial in memory of the 168 victims killed as a result of the bombing.
The coronavirus pandemic means people cannot attend today's event in person, but the ceremony will be broadcast and livestreamed beginning at 9 a.m. local time. The moment of silence begins at 9:02 a.m., the moment of the blast.
On Friday, the OKC Memorial tweeted: "On April 19th, 1995, 168 people were killed - 19 of them children. They were mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, grandparents, friends and coworkers. Each of these individuals were unique."
To commemorate each victim, the memorial has 168 stone and glass chairs arranged in rows on a lawn beside a reflecting pool.
A 2005 candlelight vigil held at the Oklahoma City National Memorial in memory of the 168 victims killed as a result of the bombing.
The coronavirus pandemic means people cannot attend today's event in person, but the ceremony will be broadcast and livestreamed beginning at 9 a.m. local time. The moment of silence begins at 9:02 a.m., the moment of the blast.
On Friday, the OKC Memorial tweeted: "On April 19th, 1995, 168 people were killed - 19 of them children. They were mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, grandparents, friends and coworkers. Each of these individuals were unique."
To commemorate each victim, the memorial has 168 stone and glass chairs arranged in rows on a lawn beside a reflecting pool.
These chairs at the Oklahoma City National Memorial represent each of the victims who died as a result of the attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
Timothy J. McVeigh and Terry L. Nichols, both former US army officers, were convicted of the 1995 attack. They were associated with the extreme right-wing Patriotic movement, which views the federal government and law enforcement as illegitimate.
McVeigh was convicted in 1997 of 11 counts of murder, conspiracy and using a weapon of mass destruction, and was executed by lethal injection in 2001.
This made him the first person to be executed in the US for a federal crime since 1963.
His co-conspirator, Nichols, was convicted on federal charges of conspiracy and eight cases of voluntary manslaughter.
Nichols was later found guilty of 161 counts of murder by a jury in Oklahoma state court. He is currently serving a life sentence.
