Memorial After Rememberance

View of the April 16 memorial with Burruss Hall in the background. Photo taken April 17, 2008.

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You are contributing your stories and/or files to The April 16 Archive, which is developing a permanent digital record of the events surrounding the tragedy on the Virginia Tech campus on April 16, 2007. Your participation in this project will allow future researchers, and people such as yourself, to gain a greater understanding of these events and the responses to them.

You must be 13 years of age or older to submit material to us. Your submission of material constitutes your permission for, and consent to, its dissemination and use in connection with The April 16 Archive in all media in perpetuity. If you have so indicated on the form, your material will be published on The April 16 Archive web site (with or without your name, depending on what you have indicated). Otherwise, your submitted materials will only be available to approved researchers using The April 16 Archive. The material you submit must have been created by you, wholly original, and shall not be copied from or based, in whole or in part, upon any other photographic, literary, or other material, except to the extent that such material is in the public domain. Further, submitted material must not violate any confidentiality, privacy, security or other laws.

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Grace Makes Beauty

Close-up of items at the April 16 Memorial site. Photo taken April 17, 2008.

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Brent Jesiek

Brent Jesiek

You are contributing your stories and/or files to The April 16 Archive, which is developing a permanent digital record of the events surrounding the tragedy on the Virginia Tech campus on April 16, 2007. Your participation in this project will allow future researchers, and people such as yourself, to gain a greater understanding of these events and the responses to them.

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Remembrance Vigil Crowd

A crowd grows on the drillfield prior to the start of a candlelight vigil on April 16, 2008, A Day of Remembrance.


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2008-06-06

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Preparing for the Remembrance Vigil

Candles are distributed prior to the start of a candlelight vigil on the evening of April 16, 2008, A Day of Remembrance. Norris Hall is visible in the background.


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Gathering for the Remembrance Vigil

Crowds gather on the drillfield prior to the start of a candlelight vigil on the evening of April 16, 2008, A Day of Remembrance.


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2008-06-06

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Roses and Stone

Roses and a painted stone at the War Memorial. The stone reads: "What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we loved deeply becomes a part of us."
Photo taken April 16, 2008, A Day of Remembrance.

Photo by Brent Jesiek.

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2008-06-06

Kacey Beddoes

Brent Jesiek (bjesiek@vt.edu)

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Everyday Heroes

A sign posted outside Blacksburg&#39;s First Church of God reads: "Thank you to our
everyday heroes."
Photo taken April 16, 2008, A Day of Remembrance.

Photo by Brent Jesiek.

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2008-06-06

Kacey Beddoes

Brent Jesiek (bjesiek@vt.edu)

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Attention Media

A sign on an entry to one of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Barracks reads:

"ATTENTION MEDIA PERSONNEL

Please respect our time and space as we reflect and remember. Media personnel and equipment are not allowed in our residence hall communities as they are considered "safe havens" during this special time. If media are found in the building, the police will be called.

Thank you,
Residence Life Staff"

Another sign below this reads:

"VIRGINIA TECH CORPS OF CADETS BARRACKS
NO ADMITTANCE BEYOND THIS POINT WITHOUT CADET ESCORT"


Photo by Brent Jesiek.

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Brent Jesiek

2008-05-30

Kacey Beddoes

Brent Jesiek (bjesiek@vt.edu)

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Creating Kites

Students build and decorate kites during the "Remembering Through Art Creation" event in Squires Student Center on April 16, 2008, A Day of Remembrance. An instruction sheet for the event explained:

"Create-a-Kite!
Unfurl your kite and decorate with images of hope and love, words of peace, strength and comfort. Take your kite outside and watch it lift your message to the sky and rise to the heavens. You may keep your kite or return it for others to fly."


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2008-05-30

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Blessing Boxes

Blessing boxes at the "Remembering Through Art Creation" event in Squires Student Center on April 16, 2008, A Day of Remembrance. An instruction sheet for the event explained:

"Please leave a note, a drawing, a remembrance, a wish or a blessing. Seal your message in an envelope and leave it in the appropriate box(es). Each box will be sealed in the tradition of a healing, protective amulet with the intention that it not be opened."

Photo by Brent Jesiek.

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2008-05-30

Kacey Beddoes

Brent Jesiek (bjesiek@vt.edu)

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