John Basil Lamar

Historical marker location:

1071 Riverside Drive, Macon, Georgia

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Riverside Drive (U.S. 23) and Jones Street.)

Marker installed: 1994

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.