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Items left at the memorial plaque of Mary Read on the drillfield. Photo taken on 4-24-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Mary Read on the drillfield. Photo taken on 4-27-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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Lori Haas speaks at a student "lie-in" at the far end of the drillfield on April 16, 2008, A Day of Remembrance. Haas' daughter Emily was injured in the shootings at Virginia Tech. Organized by Virginia Tech senior Alison St. Onge, the lie-in was…

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Liviu Librescu on the drillfield. Photo taken on 5-1-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Leslie Sherman on the drillfield. Photo taken on 5-1-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Lauren McCain on the drillfield. Photo taken on 5-1-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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The week after the tragedy,people got together to mourn for the victims around the drillfield.

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Kevin Granata on the drillfield. Photo taken on 4-27-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Julia Pryde on the drillfield. Photo taken on 5-1-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Juan Ortiz-Ortiz on the drillfield. Photo taken on 5-1-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

010 Joycelyne Couture-Nowak.jpg
Items left at the memorial plaque of Joycelyne Couture-Nowak on the drillfield. Photo taken on 4-27-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

022 Jeremy Michael Herbstritt.jpg
Items left at the memorial plaque of Jeremy Herbstritt on the drillfield. Photo taken on 4-27-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

014 Jarrett Lee Lane.jpg
Items left at the memorial plaque of Jarrett Lane on the drillfield. Photo taken on 5-1-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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Construction of an intermediate memorial in front of Burruss Hall is currently underway. The semicircle of Hokie Stone victim memorials have been moved forward to make room for the renovations. Photo taken Thursday, June 14.

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On Saturday, November 17, participants in the Hokies Thank The World event - most clad in orange and maroon - stand on lines marking the outline of a giant drillfield message reading "VT THANKS YOU". The War Memorial is visible in the center…

By Lynn Davis

BLACKSBURG, Va., November 14, 2007 -- A "Hokies Thank The World" event will take place Saturday, Nov. 17, from 10:35 to 11:12 a.m. at the Virginia Tech Drillfield in Blacksburg., rain or shine.

The event will bring together…

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Promotional flyer for Hokies Thank The World Event, scheduled for Saturday, November 17, 2007. Text on the flyer reads: "Join thousands of fellow Hokies in creating a message of thanks to the world that will be recorded by aerial photography and…

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View of the drillfield prior to the start of the Hokies Thank The World event on Saturday, November 17, 2007. The large number of people visible in the center of the photo are filling in an outline of the Virginia Tech logo.

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View of the drillfield prior to the start of the Hokies Thank The World event on Saturday, November 17, 2007. In the foreground, participants can clearly be seen standing on the marker lines that made up the massive thank you message.

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On Saturday, November 17, participants in the Hokies Thank The World event stand on lines marking the outline of the Virginia Tech logo while the Marching Virginians help entertain the large crowd. Burruss Hall and the April 16th Memorial appear…
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