Cobbs Creek in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

The MOVE Bombing

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 27, 2019

1. The MOVE Bombing Marker

Inscription. On May 13, 1985, at 6221 Osage Avenue, an armed conflict occurred between the Phila. Police Dept. and MOVE members. A Pa. State Police helicopter dropped a bomb on MOVE’s house. An uncontrolled fire killed eleven MOVE members, including five children, and destroyed 61 homes.

Erected 2017 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Disasters • Law Enforcement. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical date for this entry is May 13, 1985.

Location. 39° 57.343′ N, 75° 14.902′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Cobbs Creek. It is at the intersection of South 63rd Street and Osage Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South 63rd Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 413 S 63rd St, Upper Darby PA 19082, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: All U.S. War Veterans Memorial (approx. one mile away); War Memorial (approx. one mile away); Rev. Isaac Leeser (approx. one mile away); Graceland Cemetery (approx. 1.2 miles away); a different

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marker also named Graceland Cemetery (approx. 1.2 miles away); Hakim's Bookstore (approx. 1.2 miles away); Edward Lee Morgan (approx. 1.2 miles away); Julian Abele / Dawn Staley (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.

Also see . . . Inside the May 1985 Assault on Osage Avenue. On May 13, 1985 at 5:20 p.m., a blue and white Pennsylvania State Police helicopter took off from the command post’s flight pad at 63rd and Walnut, flew a few times over 6221 Osage Avenue, and then hovered 60 feet above the two-story house in the Black, middle-class West Philadelphia neighborhood... (Submitted on June 29, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

The MOVE Bombing Marker<br>(<i>wide view looking north along Cobbs Creek Parkway</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 27, 2019

2. The MOVE Bombing Marker
(wide view looking north along Cobbs Creek Parkway)

6221 Osage Avenue<br>(<i>housing STILL under construction as of 2019 • 1/2 block east of marker</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 27, 2019

3. 6221 Osage Avenue
(housing STILL under construction as of 2019 • 1/2 block east of marker)

6221 Osage Avenue image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 3, 2023

4. 6221 Osage Avenue

Credits. This page was last revised on May 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 28, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 2,411 times since then and 162 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 29, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 4. submitted on July 3, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.