As the first anniversary of the worst campus shooting in U.S. history
approaches, Americans prepare to remember the 32 victims with memorials across
the country. 

BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES (APRIL 18, 2007) REUTERS--

The U.S. will mark the one year anniversary of  the Virginia Tech
shootings Wednesday (April 16) with ceremonies that include a candlelit vigil
in more than 70 cities and towns across America.   
  A year ago, a mentally disturbed student, Cho Seung-Hui, gunned down 32
people before killing himself.  The shooting rampage began in the morning
hours as students and faculty were arriving for classes.  Police say there
were two separate incidents -- one at West Ambler Johnston Hall, a student
dormitory and Norris Hall, an engineering building.  The shootings were about
two hours apart.
Now the only sign of the tragedy is a semi-circle of 32 granite blocks for
each of the people that Cho killed on April 16, 2007 are a lasting memorial.

  U.S. president George W. Bush said he was horrified by the shooting and
joined the country in mourning.
  The massacre branded the university in southwestern Virginia as the site
of the worst school shooting in US history.