The Survivor Tree Oklahoma City

This is National Arbor Week in Oklahoma when we celebrate trees and what they provide to a community. The Survivor Tree stands at the highest point of the Oklahoma City National Memorial grounds and is a symbol of resilience and strength of this community. It provided shade in a gravel parking lot the morning of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and burned. Today, 16 years later, the tree is still growing and producing shade now for thousands of visitors who come to visit the Memorial.

During this Arbor Week, we pause to celebrate the Survivor Tree and all that is has contributed to the healing of our community. Learn more about the history of the nearly 100 year old American elm that lives in downtown Oklahoma City.