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A Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets color guard stands watch behind the intermediate memorial, prior to the dedication ceremony on August 19, 2007. A large bell that was brought in for the occasion sits directly in front of them. The gathering crowd is…

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A large flower arrangement rests in front of Nicole Regina White's new hokie stone at the memorial on the drillfield. The card reads: "We love you Nicole - love, Mom, Dad, Evan, and Your Family." The photo was taken on Monday, August 20, 2007,…

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A Virginia Tech faculty member and student volunteer at work in the newly completed center of the intermediate memorial, carefully organizing plastic daisies into the shape of the VT logo. For months, these same VT daisies were a fixture on the…

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Construction of an intermediate memorial in front of Burruss Hall is currently underway. The face of Norris Hall is visible to the right. Photo taken from the middle of the drillfield on Sunday, June 17.

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Construction of an intermediate memorial in front of Burruss Hall is currently underway. Photo taken from the middle of the drillfield on Sunday, June 17.

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Construction of an intermediate memorial in front of Burruss Hall is currently underway. Photo taken from the middle of the drillfield on Sunday, June 17.

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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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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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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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View of the newly finished center of the intermediate memorial, on the drillfield in front of Burruss Hall. Hokie stones - one for each victim - are arranged in an arc. At the time of this photo, volunteers and staff members were cleaning up the…

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On the morning of Monday, August 20 - the first day of Fall 2007 classes - an unidentified visitor places a white daisy next to each victim's hokie stone at the intermediate memorial. The memorial had been formally dedicated the previous day.…

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During the dedication ceremony, victims' friends and family pick up pieces of hokie stone from the new intermediate memorial. These stones were taken from the original memorial that sprang up on this same site after the events of April 16. After…

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Mementos on display at the newly completed center of the intermediate memorial in front of Burruss Hall. At the time of this photo, staff members and volunteers had just finished cleaning up the site, moving some items to storage and leaving others…

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A pile of mementos in front of construction fencing at the intermediate memorial site. At the time of this photo, staff members and volunteers were cleaning up the site, moving some items to storage and others to the newly completed center of the…

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Construction of an intermediate memorial in front of Burruss Hall is currently underway. The full text of the Memorial Project Notice visible in the foreground is available in this Virginia Tech News Story: "University announces plans for…

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After the intermediate memorial dedication ceremony, interviews such as this one were commonplace. But while there was clearly a media presence at this event, it was subdued in comparison to the immediate aftermath of April 16.

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Friends and family of the victims visit the intermediate memorial prior to its dedication. The color guard stands at attention behind the memorial while another member of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets stands watch nearby. Photo taken August 19,…

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Front and back of the program for April 16th Memorial Dedication, August 19, 2007. The text on the program reads:

"In the hours following the April 16 tragedy, the student-driven volunteer organization Hokies United placed 32 Hokie Stones on the…

Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:25:23 -0400
From: Provost@vt.edu
To: Multiple recipients
Subject: Provost Update August 17, 2007

August 17, 2007
Dear Faculty and Staff Colleagues:

You are probably noticing that the students are moving back to…

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Some of the friends and family members of April 16 victims, including the cadet shown here, wait with hokie stones in hand during the dedication ceremony for the intermediate memorial. The stones were taken from the original memorial that sprang up…
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