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Two men hold up a banner with the slogan "God Bless Virginia Tech" and a ribbon bearing the name of April 16 victim Nicole White. Photo taken on April 16, 2008, A Day of Remembrance, just prior to the start of a student "lie-in" on the far end of the…

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Handmade memorials were placed on one of the corners of the drillfield.

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Henry Lee on the drillfield. Photo taken on 5-1-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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Flowers and visitors at a memorial on the Drillfield on Hokie Hope Day, 4/21/07.

Photo by Roger Gupta.

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(April 18, 2007) One of many inscriptions that have appeared on a series of memorial boards on the drillfield. Today I counted at least 32 of these 4 by 8 foot sheets, and they keep adding more as they get filled in.


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On Saturday, November 17, participants in the Hokies Thank The World event stand on lines marking the outline of the Virginia Tech logo while the Marching Virginians help entertain the large crowd. Burruss Hall and the April 16th Memorial appear…

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View of the drillfield prior to the start of the Hokies Thank The World event on Saturday, November 17, 2007. In the foreground, participants can clearly be seen standing on the marker lines that made up the massive thank you message.

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View of the drillfield prior to the start of the Hokies Thank The World event on Saturday, November 17, 2007. The large number of people visible in the center of the photo are filling in an outline of the Virginia Tech logo.

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Promotional flyer for Hokies Thank The World Event, scheduled for Saturday, November 17, 2007. Text on the flyer reads: "Join thousands of fellow Hokies in creating a message of thanks to the world that will be recorded by aerial photography and…

By Lynn Davis

BLACKSBURG, Va., November 14, 2007 -- A "Hokies Thank The World" event will take place Saturday, Nov. 17, from 10:35 to 11:12 a.m. at the Virginia Tech Drillfield in Blacksburg., rain or shine.

The event will bring together…

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On Saturday, November 17, participants in the Hokies Thank The World event - most clad in orange and maroon - stand on lines marking the outline of a giant drillfield message reading "VT THANKS YOU". The War Memorial is visible in the center…

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Construction of an intermediate memorial in front of Burruss Hall is currently underway. The semicircle of Hokie Stone victim memorials have been moved forward to make room for the renovations. Photo taken Thursday, June 14.

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Jarrett Lane on the drillfield. Photo taken on 5-1-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Jeremy Herbstritt on the drillfield. Photo taken on 4-27-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Joycelyne Couture-Nowak on the drillfield. Photo taken on 4-27-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Juan Ortiz-Ortiz on the drillfield. Photo taken on 5-1-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Julia Pryde on the drillfield. Photo taken on 5-1-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Kevin Granata on the drillfield. Photo taken on 4-27-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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The week after the tragedy,people got together to mourn for the victims around the drillfield.

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Lauren McCain on the drillfield. Photo taken on 5-1-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.
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