Oklahoma City Disaster Memorial - Dickinson, TX
Posted by: ggmorton
N 29° 27.537 W 095° 02.929
15R E 301310 N 3260582
A disaster memorial in Dickinson, TX for the children killed in the Oklahoma City Bombing.
Waymark Code: WM1TX1
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/09/2007
Views: 46
The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist attack on April 19, 1995 aimed at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, a U.S. government office complex in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The attack claimed 168 lives and left over 800 injured. Until the September 11, 2001 attacks, it was the deadliest act of terrorism on U.S. soil.
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This tree was planted
by the members of the
Weed n Wish Garden Club
of Dickinson, Texas in
loving memory of those
children who lost their
lives in the Oklahoma
City Disaster.
April 19, 1995
Memorial donated by
Forest Park East
Webster, TX
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Writeup from:
Wikipedia
Disaster Date: 04/19/1995
Memorial Sponsors: Weed n Wish Garden Club of Dickinson, Forest Park East
Disaster Type: Sociological
Date of dedication: Not listed
Parking Coordinates: Not Listed
Relevant Website: Not listed
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