Where was the grove of trees sent from Iowa planted?
This memorial is called the Heartland Memorial Grove and is located on the grounds of the Oklahoma State Capital, between the Conner and Hodges Buildings. It is located on the capitol’s north lawn, north of NW 23rd Street, east of Lincoln Boulevard. The Heartland Memorial Grove was a gift from the people of Iowa. There are 168 trees, 19 of which are smaller for the children. The larger trees are Littleleaf Lindens and 149 of them provide a protective ring around the 19 smaller Prairiefire Crabapples. There are benches hewn from salvaged Murrah granite and a burial marker to denote the location of the burial of the common tissue within the grove.
