Mount Carmel – 2013 photos

Gordon Melton, head of Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion department, organized a full day symposium in Waco to reflect on Branch Davidian history and the events of 1993. This occurred on April 18, 1993. I presented a pictorial history of the Mount Carmel property to kick off the presentations. Speakers included noted individuals such as Kenneth Starr, Phillip Arnold, Catherine Wessinger, Clive Doyle, Sheila Martin, Stuart Wright, and Gary Noesner. For more details see the documents section in the main Waco page.

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Composite photo of some presenters during the April 18th 2013 symposium.

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Symposium flyer page front.

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Symposium flyer page two.

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Speaker bios page one.

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Speaker bios page two.

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Kenneth Starr

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Gordon Melton

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Matthew Wittmer

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Screen grab from my presentation about the building.

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Screen grab from my talk about the siege.

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Screen grab from my talk about the property history.

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Stuart Wright.

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FBI Hostage Negotiator Gary Noesner.

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Catherine Wessinger, Sheila and Clive Doyle.

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Former FBI Chief Negotiator (for the initial weeks of the 1993 siege) Gary Noesner and Branch Davidian fire survivor Clive Doyle talk following the symposium presentations on April 18, 2013.

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Branch Davidian Sheila Martin, property documentarian Matthew Wittmer, and Criminal Justice author Stuart Wright following the April 18th, 2013 symposium.

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Catherine and Gary.

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With Gary and Gordon.

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A new metal gate that locks has been added to the front drive. Neighbor across the street, Mr. Morris, has shouted at me from across the street now three years in a row when I arrive to visit in an effort to deter me from driving in. April 20, 2013

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Chapel. April 21, 2013

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Catherine and I listen to Charles Pace on the property.

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Crape Myrtle Memorial Trees. April 20, 2013

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Pool. April 20, 2013

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Walking the shelter ruin’s dividing wall. April 20, 2013

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Catherine where a small outhouse used to stand that tanks hid behind and inside during the 1993 siege.

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Ofelia talks to Catherine.

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Baylor’s Texas Collection where I review Branch Davidian holdings.

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Dinner with survivors.

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At the memorial

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With Dick Reavis!

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Survivor Clive Doyle speaks with Catherine Wessinger about this year’s list of names of everyone who was killed that Matthew Wittmer compiled in a handout before Clive starts the April 19th, 2013 memorial.

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Charles Pace speaks to Dick Reavis before the April 19th, 2013 memorial.

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Author Dick Reavis speaks with Catherine Wessinger as videographer Jon Roland looks on, before the April 19th 2013 memorial begins.

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Matthew Wittmer and Charles pace before the April 19th, 2013 memorial.

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Author Dick Reavis speaks with Catherine Wessinger as videographer Jon Roland looks on, before the April 19th 2013 memorial begins.

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Catherine Wessinger addresses the crowd at the April 19th, 2013 memorial.

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Composite image I created of all those killed in the community for the memorial.

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My composite image.

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Matthew Wittmer presents a composite image he created of the 82 Branch Davidians killed in 1993 at the April 19th, 2013 memorial service while survivor Clive Doyle and he listen to Helen Marie Taylor’s address to the audience. Photo by Catherine Wessinger.

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Clive Doyle begins reading the names of all those killed in 1993 at the April 19th, 2013 memorial service. Photo by Catherine

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Survivor Paul Fatta speaks at the April 19th, 2013 memorial about his experiences following the fire in 1993. Photo by Catherine

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Photo by Catherine

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Photo by Catherine

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Rick Donaldson and Clive Doyle after the April 19th, 2013 memorial service.

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With Clive Doyle.

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Kathy and Paul at the April 19th, 2013 memorial lunch.

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Lunch after with everyone.

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With Kathy’s granddaughter.

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Survivor Clive Doyle recounts details about the Mount Carmel building over one of the trial model of the building now exhibited in the Taylor museum. April 19, 2013

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The trial model of the Mount Carmel building is now on exhibit at the Helen Marie Taylor Museum in Waco, Texas. April 19, 2013

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Looking westward and a bit south towards the back of the trial model of the Mount Carmel building now exhibited in the Taylor museum in Waco, Texas. April 19th, 2013

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Burned doll pulled from the 1993 remains in the Helen Marie Taylor museum holdings.

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More evidence from Helen Marie Taylor’s collection.

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Matthew Wittmer stands in the Taylor Museum next to the composite photo he created of the 82 Branch Davidians killed in 1993. The museum acquired the image at the April 19th 2013 memorial service so it may be exhibited in the museum’s permanent display of artifacts in a room dedicated to reflecting on the 1993 events. Photo by Catherine Wessinger