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One of the items on display at the Alumni Center Art Exhibit. On 4/16/08, as part of the Day of Remembrance observance, the Holtzman Alumni Center Museum displayed examples of art, crafts, quilts, and other memorabilia contributed since April 16,…

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One of the items on display at the Alumni Center Art Exhibit. On 4/16/08, as part of the Day of Remembrance observance, the Holtzman Alumni Center Museum displayed examples of art, crafts, quilts, and other memorabilia contributed since April 16,…

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One of the items on display at the Alumni Center Art Exhibit. On 4/16/08, as part of the Day of Remembrance observance, the Holtzman Alumni Center Museum displayed examples of art, crafts, quilts, and other memorabilia contributed since April 16,…

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One of the items on display at the Alumni Center Art Exhibit. On 4/16/08, as part of the Day of Remembrance observance, the Holtzman Alumni Center Museum displayed examples of art, crafts, quilts, and other memorabilia contributed since April 16,…

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View of the crowd prior to a University Commemoration on the morning of April
16, 2008, A Day of Remembrance.


Photo by Brent Jesiek.


Licensed under Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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This photo was taken on February 21, 2008. The VT employees in the photo are from the Office of Research. Several employees wore black and red and are surrounded by employees wearing hokie colors. The photo was blown up poster size and was sent…

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These are the four items that were on display outside of the Perspective gallery in Squires.
From left to right:

Photos of messages of support from businesses throughout the Roanoke valley.

A wool jacket sent to VT from University of British…

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This is the promotional flyer made for the "April 16: Remembrance, Recognition and Healing" exhibit. The exhibit was on display from April 5-20, 2008 at the Perspective Gallery in Squires Student Center at Virginia Tech. The exhibit featured…

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A creation in metal made by a 1993 VT alumnus that reminds us of the words spoken by Professor Giovanni during a speech: "We are better than we think and not quite what we want to be."

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This hand crafted glass bowl was made by Gene Messick of Restoration Glass. He sent it to President Steger to thank him for his leadership during the crisis.

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In honor of Virginia Tech, this flag was flown aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-117 mission to the International Space Station and then sent to VT by NASA. From June 8-22, 2007 it orbited the earth for 13 days, 20 hours, 12 minutes, and 44…

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This letter was sent by a Florida inmate along with a handkerchief with hand-drawn doves and the victims' names on it.

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This poster was sent from Columbine High School.

The text says:

"In the hearts of the children a pure love still grows

Like a bright star in heaven that lights our way home

Like the flower that shattered the stone.

Columbine
April…

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A poster sent from students at Cal State Fullerton who were reminded of a similar tragedy on their campus many years ago.

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This picture was painted by Marilyn Rogge and sent without explanation to VT. Steven Estrada, formerly of Prevail Archives, said of the painting, "It has become the symbol of letting go."

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An embroidered version of the message heard all over the world on 4/16/07. Sent by the Field Hockey team of the College of William and Mary.

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A card with each victim's name and a flower.

Caption says:

"This letter was sent from an Amish woman who has, herself and within her community, experienced tremendous loss. It is often individuals such as these who feel the most need to…

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This Kokeshi doll in Hokie colors was sent from a school in Yokosuka, Japan. Kokeshi dolls are traditionally given to children when they visit foreign lands. This one was sent in memory of the innocence lost in the tragedy.

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The message with these drawings says:

"Though the tears of today are drawn from the wells of sorrow, they will flow from the springs of memory, through which will come your strength for tomorrow. (unknown)"

These caricatures were done the week…

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These caricatures were done the week of April 16, 2007 by a woman who wanted to show each victim with a smile.
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