I still remember the day in 1995 that Timothy McVeigh truck-bombed the Federal Building in Oklahoma City. It’s one of those days, like the Challenger explosion or the Berlin Wall collapsing or the 9-11 attacks, that you always remember where you were when you heard about it.

In our current times, where we pee our pants incessantly over “immmmigrants omigodz!!!” and “mooooslims oh noez!!!”, it is worth remembering that one of our worst terrorist attacks was carried out by two guys who called themselves “True American Patriots(c)(tm)”, and that our own rightwing extremists are every bit as crackpot and every bit as deadly as anyone in ISIS or Al Qaeda.

Some photos from a visit to the memorial.

The memorial. The waterway marks where the street was. The Federal Building was on the right where the trees are now.

Markers commemorate the victims. Many were children at a day care center.

Each marker bears a name

At the time of the bombing, this building was directly across the street and was heavily damaged. Today it houses the memorial museum.

Some wreckage from the bombing

The battered carousel from the destroyed dare care center

Pieces of the truck bomb. The FBI was able to trace a VIN from this wreckage and determine that Timothy McVeigh had rented the truck.

The shirt worn by McVeigh when he was arrested

McVeigh’s car. he was arrested shortly after the bombing for driving without a license plate. He was still at the local jail when it was determined that he had bombed the Federal Building.

Damage from the bomb blast. This section of the museum building was left as it was on April 19, 1995.