GRANDFATHER'S BIRTHDAY

Today would have been my maternal grandfather's 100th birthday. He is shown here with his dachsund (left photo) and my son and me at his 82nd birthday party (right photo).

ALL AMERICAN REJECTS - STILLWATER OK

Stillwater OK's All American Rejects are supporting the "Rock the Vote" campaign and also have a "Demand It" contest where the top 5 voting cities get added to AAR's tour.

THE GIRL SCOUT MURDERS

Oklahoma's most infamous "cold case," the "Girl Scout Murders," has once again been in the news. After 30 years additional DNA testing was conducted, but results were "inconclusive." The current District Attorney's press release discusses results of the testing. Additional articles about the case and testing are available here, here, here, here, here and here. A slideshow of photos by The Daily Oklahoman is available here.

Escaped prisoner Gene Leroy Hart was charged with murdering the three Girl Scouts but was acquitted after a three week trial. I took this photo of Hart as he was being led from the Mayes County jail to the courthouse in March 1979.

HARRAH OK

Today, I needed to drive to Harrah OK. Pictured are Harrah High School and Evans Field, home of the Harrah Panthers. Baseball Hall of Famers Paul Waner and Lloyd Waner were born in Harrah.

PLAZA DISTRICT

This weekend is "Live on the Plaza" in Oklahoma City. The photographs are of a mural that is painted on the outside wall of a building in the Plaza District, near NW 16th and Blackwelder.

INSIDE THE STATE CAPITOL

Views from inside the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City. Photos include:

Jim Thorpe - Mickey Mantle - Sequoyah
Sen. Robert S Kerr - Will Rogers - Wiley Post

OKLAHOMA STATE SEAL TAKEN 6/11/1910

Today is the anniversary of when the official Oklahoma State Seal was "moved" in the middle of the night from Guthrie and taken by horseback to Oklahoma City, which then became the capitol of Oklahoma. Photographs include:
Row 1: the courthouse in Guthrie, from where the seal was taken
Row 2: the state capitol in Oklahoma City
Row 3: views from inside the dome
Row 4: "The Guardian" statue by Enoch Kelly Haney, which was added to the capitol along with the dome in 2002.

99s MUSEUM OF WOMEN PILOTS

I read in the "Oklahoma Gazette" that the "99s Museum of Women Pilots" located at 4300 Amelia Earhart Road, near Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, had an open house to introduce the museum, so of course we went. We especially wanted to see the Amelia Earhart exhibits and were not disappointed. Here are some photos.

ROBERT F KENNEDY

November 20, 1925 - June 6, 1968

http://rfkmemorial.org/