Honoring the 30th Anniversary of the OKC Bombing with Grace From the Rubble by Jeanne Bishop
Date: Friday, May 16th
Time: 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: The Baylor Line
It has been 30 years since Cindy Campbell Brown was murdered. Her story, like the others who perished at the Oklahoma City bombing, deserves to be told. Hear author Jeanne Bishop recount her article on Cindy’s life and the makings of her book, Grace From the Rubble.
Join us for an evening with Jeanne Bishop, author and public defender in Cook County, as we honor the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Bishop authored the books Change of Heart: Justice, Mercy, and Making Peace with My Sister’s Killer and Grace from the Rubble: Two Fathers’ Road to Reconciliation after the Oklahoma City Bombing. In Grace from the Rubble, masterful storyteller Bishop details the vivid and haunting intertwining stories of Julie Welch, a young professional; Bud Welch, whose daughter was murdered in the April 19, 1995 attack at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building; domestic terrorist Tim McVeigh; and Bill McVeigh, the father of the killer.
Also authored by Bishop, The Baylor Line’s feature story Her Name Was Cindy Campbell Brown tells the story of the only Baylor graduate in the attack. In the story Bishop, an OKC native, draws parallels between Cynthia Campbell Brown–a freshly married Secret Service agent who worked on the 9th floor of the federal building on that fateful day–and her own sister, Nancy Bishop Langert, who was senselessly murdered in her home alongside her husband just a year after their marriage.
From the story:
When I saw the photo of Cindy Brown on the Memorial Museum site—her wedding dress, her smiling, upturned face, her curly hair—I was speechless. It was as if I was looking into the face of my sister, another young woman in the early bloom of her life as an adult, full of promise and joy.
I asked Ron Brown about his wife’s murderer, Timothy McVeigh. Brown said his reaction when McVeigh was sentenced to death was, “Let him go.” Let him go, because what Ron Brown and others would do to McVeigh if they got their hands on him would be far worse than his execution by lethal injection in federal custody.
We hope you will come along with us for a meaningful afternoon as we host Jeanne Bishop for an exclusive interview that uncovers the stories behind her work and what it means to the Baylor Family. This is a free event but spots are limited, register today.
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