Matt Gentry, The Roanoke Times via Associated Press

April 19, 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building

Columbine High on April 20, 1999.

April 16, 2007 Virginia Tech

The Waste Land

I. THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD


APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Winter kept us warm, covering
Earth in forgetful snow, feeding
A little life with dried tubers.


T.S. Eliot