April 19, 1992: Ruby Ridge, Idaho:
FBI conflict with survivalist Randy Weaver resulted in the fatal shootings of Weaver's wife and the family dog. Mrs. Weaver at the time was holding her toddler daughter, who survived.
Ruby Ridge
April 19, 1993: Branch Davidian Compound, outside Waco, Texas:
compound standoff against ATF resulted in multiple fatalities, the number of which seems uncertain, ranging from 77 to 86 or more, many of which were women and children inside the compound at the time of the massive fire
Branch Davidian
April 19, 1995: Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was demolished by a truck bomb, resulting in 168 fatalities, many of whom were children in the Federal Building day care facilities.
Oklahoma City
Please watch this space for soon-to-be-posted commemmorative quick pages for each of these tragedies and for a combination commemmorative tag, all of course freebies.
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Notice how all three were 2 years apart. That's eerie. But I thank you for posting this blog. All too often we forget about tragedies like these and others(including 9-11).
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