A Girl Scout in Oklahoma has created a patch to honor the victims of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. The patch is part of her Gold Award project, the highest honor in Girl Scouting.

Personal Connection to the Tragedy

The project is deeply personal for the Girl Scout, Megan Starling, as it honors her grandmother, a survivor of the bombing, and her cousin, who was killed in the attack. Starling’s grandmother was badly injured in the bombing and was saved by people who ran inside to help.

Starling said she wants to teach her generation about the memorial and the story of the bombing, which many of her peers were not alive to experience. The patch design highlights the Survivor Tree, symbolizing its resilience and growth over time.

Education and Community Involvement

The patch is part of a larger educational project that Starling has developed for Girl Scouts of all ages. Each level of Girl Scout will have a different guide to follow and complete, with activities ranging from outdoor memorial visits to indoor museum tours. The project aims to share the story of the Oklahoma City bombing and the Oklahoma Standard with a new generation of Girl Scouts.

Stephen Evans, director of education and public programming at the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum, said the patch provides an opportunity to share the story of April 19, 1995, with a new generation. Evans hopes that the Girl Scouts will internalize the story and take it into their lives, regardless of whether they are from Oklahoma or not.

Original reporting: Oklahoma City News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.