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1953 Tornado Commemorative - Waco, TX
in Disaster Memorials
This black memorial, reminiscent of both a teardrop and a tornado, stands at the corner of N 4th St and Austin Ave. in downtown Waco, near the center of the heaviest damage caused by the tornado.
posted by: QuesterMark
location: Texas
date approved: 7/18/2010
last visited: 12/28/2021
SW0 km
New metal kinetic sculptures were dedicated at the former site of the R.T. Dennis building where the largest loss of life from the storm occurred.
posted by: WalksfarTX
date approved: 7/2/2019
last visited: 10/5/2021
N29.1 km
2013 Fertilizer Plant Explosion - West, TX
The memorial is about 100 yards away from where the fertilizer plant once stood and has a fountain surrounded by 15 plaques — one for each person who died.
date approved: 7/4/2019
last visited: never
N41 km
The Crash at Crush - Abbott, TX
The Hill County Southbound Safety Rest Area has an interpretive sign that relates "The Crash at Crush" and how a planned head-on collision of two locomotives at high speed wasn't a good idea. Three people were killed, many were injured.
posted by: QuarrellaDeVil
date approved: 9/4/2021
SW77.6 km
Fort Hood November 5 Memorial - Killeen, TX
Thirteen people died at Fort Hood on Nov. 5, 2009 at the hands of a terrorist. There are 13 columns with pictures of the deceased and information about their lives, and topped by small bronze sculptures. They are under a circular pavilion.
date approved: 8/24/2017
NE106.5 km
Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial - Kerens, TX
A memorial stands in Garden Park in Kerens, TX, paying tribute not only to the seven astronauts who lost their lives when the Columbia disintegrated over North Texas, but also to the local citizens who helped in the debris recovery effort.
date approved: 3/6/2015
SE128.7 km
Texas A&M Bonfire Memorial
The Bonfire Memorial celebrates the tradition, history and spirit of Texas A&M, and the dedication of those involved in the tragic collapse of the 1999 Bonfire.
posted by: WeimarWest
date approved: 7/17/2012
last visited: 9/6/2020
SE129.6 km
Bonfire Memorial - College Station, TX
Spirit of the Bonfire is located in Spence Park on the A&M Campus.
date approved: 4/27/2018
last visited: 7/27/2019
N133.4 km
Al Hayne Monument - Fort Worth,TX
The monument dates from 1893. It commemorates a man who gave his life to save others in the Texas Spring Palace fire of 1890.
date approved: 8/12/2019
S152.7 km
Tower Garden Memorial -- University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
This somber memorial anchors the Tower Memorial Garden, which commemorates the victims who were killed on a horrifying summer day at the University of Texas
posted by: Benchmark Blasterz
date approved: 12/10/2016
last visited: 3/30/2018
N155 km
Garland Tornado Memorial (The Spirit of Garland) - Garland, TX
A memorial to victims of the December 26, 2015 tornado that struck Garland and nearby Rowlett and Sunnyvale, killing ten people, leaving many homeless, and causing millions of dollars worth of destruction.
date approved: 5/23/2017