During the Battle of Decatur

Historical marker location:

Decatur, Georgia

( Marker is on East Court Square, 0.1 miles south of Ponce de Leon Avenue, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1922

July 22nd 1864

The city of Atlanta hosted the Summer Olympics in 1996, and it was the first time that a bomb exploded at the Olympic Games, killing two people and injuring over 100 others.