Near Oak Grove in Christian County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 1, 2015
1. Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial
than the strong man in his wrath"
–Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Cry of the Children
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Dedicated to the victims of the
April 19, 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing
Erected 1995 by the Kentucky Crushed Stone Association, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Federal Highway Administration.
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Notable Events. A significant historical date for this entry is April 19, 1995.
Location. 36° 38.964′ N, 87° 21.102′ W. Marker is near Oak Grove, Kentucky, in Christian County. It can be reached from Interstate 24 2½ miles north of Trenton Road. Located in front of the I-24 Kentucky Welcome Center. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Oak Grove KY 42262, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker and memorial is in Kentucky’s Jackson Purchase. It is also in the American Midwest, in the South, and specifically in the Upper South. 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Civil War in Tennessee (approx. 1.3 miles away in Tennessee); Bethel Meeting House (approx. 4.8 miles away in Tennessee); Old Post House (approx. 4.8 miles away in Tennessee); Reuben Ross (approx. 5.2 miles away in Tennessee); Isaac Palmer and Ann McAuley
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Another marker is no longer nearby. Woodstock (was approx. 2.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
More about this marker. One of many such memorials throughout Kentucky at rest areas.
Regarding Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial.
Quote comes from the last stanza of the poem
The complete poem can be read in the link below:
And their look is dread to see,
For they think you see their angels in their places,
With eyes meant for Deity;—
"How long," they say, "how long, O cruel nation,
Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's heart, —
Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation,
And tread onward to your throne amid the mart?
Our blood splashes upward, O our tyrants,
And your purple shews your path;
But the child's sob curseth deeper in the silence
Than the strong man in his wrath !"
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Also see . . .
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 1, 2015
2. Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial at Welcome Center.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 1, 2015
3. Kentucky Welcome Center building.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 26, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 752 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 26, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
