Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial - Blackwell, OK
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N 36° 50.991 W 097° 20.740
14S E 647490 N 4079493
At the base of a flag pole at the entrance into the Oklahoma Welcome Center in Blackwell, OK on I-35 South near the state border of Oklahoma and Kansas is a disaster memorial.
Waymark Code: WM11VD6
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 12/22/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
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A gray granite marker with an etched photo of the bombed-out Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on the left of the marker when facing the memorial marker. The right side of the marker is the dedication text that reads as follows:

"Dedicated by the citizens of Blackwell in memory of the Oklahoma City bombing victims Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building April 19, 1995."

Timothy McVeigh and his co-conspirator, Terry Nichols, rented a delivery van and filled it with explosives powerful enough to completely blow off the north face of the Alfred P. Murray Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, OK. The blast also damaged or destroyed 300 surrounding buildings. The victims were 168 people killed (including 19 children in the building's day care center) and 650 survivors wounded. McVeigh was arrested on a traffic violation and for carrying a firearm without a license an hour after his domestic terrorist attack, so he was already in jail by the time police and other investigators realized he was responsible for the bombing! Timothy McVeigh was found guilty of murder and executed by lethal injection several years after his horrendous bombing attack. His fellow conspirator, Nichols, was sentenced to jail for life.

Link to history of this Oklahoma City bombing attack: (visit link)
Disaster Date: 04/19/1995

Memorial Sponsors: Citizens of the city of Blackwell, OK

Parking Coordinates: N 36° 50.985 W 097° 20.725

Disaster Type: Sociological

Relevant Website: [Web Link]

Date of dedication: Not listed

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