Paducah in McCracken County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Oklahoma City Bombing Victims
Photographed by Richard Hawkins, July 3, 2025
1. Oklahoma City bombing victims Marker
The Cry of the Children
Dedicated to the victims of the April 19th, 1995 Oklahoma City bombing
Kentucky Crushed Stone Association
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Federal Highway Administration
Memorial Day 1995
Erected by Kentucky Crushed Stone Association Kentucky Tansportation Cabinet Federal Highway Administration.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Disasters.
Location. 37° 3.052′ N, 88° 39.223′ W. Marker is in Paducah, Kentucky, in McCracken County. It is on Lone Oak Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1845 Lone Oak Rd, Paducah KY 42001, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Jackson Purchase. It is also in the American Midwest, in the South, in the Upper South, and in the Ohio River Valley. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Whitehaven (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Alben W. Barkley / Barkley's Grave (approx. half a mile away); Paducah Community College (approx. half a mile away); First Christian Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); Paducah Federal Building Columns (approx. 0.7 miles away); Angles / The Veep
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Credits. This page was last revised on July 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2025, by Richard Hawkins of Phelan, California. This page has been viewed 106 times since then and 16 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on July 3, 2025, by Richard Hawkins of Phelan, California. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
