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Media Directives
Special instructions for the media, on display at a "Remembering Through Art Creation" event in Squires Student Center. Photo taken on April 16, 2008, A Day of Remembrance.
Photo by Brent Jesiek.
Licensed under Creative…
Photo by Brent Jesiek.
Licensed under Creative…
Remembering Through Art
View of the "Remembering Through Art Creation" activities in Squires Student Center on April 16, 2008, A Day of Remembrance. The event provided participants with an opportunity to paint a memorial stone, create and decorate a kite, or leave messages…
Painting Memorial Stones
Students decorate memorial stones at a "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 walk through the space and choose a stone…
"Please walk through the space and choose a stone…
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. …
"Please leave a note, a drawing, a remembrance, a wish or a blessing. …
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…
"Create-a-Kite!
Unfurl your kite and decorate…
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…
"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…
Everyday Heroes
A sign posted outside Blacksburg'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.
Licensed under Creative…
everyday heroes."
Photo taken April 16, 2008, A Day of Remembrance.
Photo by Brent Jesiek.
Licensed under Creative…
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.
Licensed…
Photo taken April 16, 2008, A Day of Remembrance.
Photo by Brent Jesiek.
Licensed…
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.
Photo by Brent Jesiek.
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Photo by Brent Jesiek.
Licensed under Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
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.
Photo by Brent Jesiek.
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Photo by Brent Jesiek.
Licensed under Creative…
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.
Photo by Brent Jesiek.
Licensed under Creative Commons
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Photo by Brent Jesiek.
Licensed under Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Grace Makes Beauty
Close-up of items at the April 16 Memorial site. Photo taken April 17, 2008.
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Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0.
A Call For Remembrance and Prayer
Photo taken at Blacksburg Baptist Church 9.18.2007
Photo by Min Jae Lee
Photo by Min Jae Lee
Flags at Blacksburg Baptist Church
Flags at Blacksburg Baptist Church
Photo taken by Min Jae Lee, 9.18.2007
Photo taken by Min Jae Lee, 9.18.2007
Memorial After Rememberance
View of the April 16 memorial with Burruss Hall in the background. Photo taken April 17, 2008.
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Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
No More Media
One of the signs that went up on the buildings around campus shortly after Apr 16 directing the media to stay out of the campus buildings
Drillfield tent
The sun shining over the tent full of memorials on the Drillfield one evening