alone. Due to the immense impact that the event had on our nation, and the wide responses received on ideas of how to create a memorial at the site, the Mayor, Ron Norick appointed a 350 member Memorial Task Force. They were responsible to develop a memorial in order to honor those touched by the event and the families of those killed the survivors, and volunteers. The memorial resulted in a quote that summed up all of the responses, feelings , and suggestions recived. The final product read:Oklahoma City Memorial FoundationMemorial Mission StatementMurrah Federal Building Memorial, Inc. 1996We come here to remember those who were killed,Those who survived and those changed forever.May all who leave here know the impact of violence.May this memorial offer comfort, strength, peace, hope and serenity.The Ladd and Whitney monument was constructed in order to commemorate Luther C. Ladd and Addison Otis Whitney who were generally recognized as the first of our fallen soilders. It was the day of April 19,1861 when these two Lowell men lost their lives. Although there were two other men who lost their lives in this tragic Civil war they are not as historically recognized like Ladd and Whitney. There names were Needham of Lawrence, and Charles A. Taylor formally from Boston but later moved to Lowell. The monument was originally dedicated to Ladd and Whitney, Taylor was added to the monument later though it is unclear exactly when it is estimated that it was in the 1900s. The dedication of the monument occurred on Saturday, june 17th, 1865. The monument is located in front of the Lowell city hall at the junction of Merrimack and Moody streets marking their burial spots. The monument is a light colored granite which is about 25 feet....
