Oglethorpe University

Historical marker location:

4484 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, Georgia

( Marker is at the intersection of Peachtree Road (Georgia Route 141) and Lanier Drive, on the right when traveling south on Peachtree Road.)

Marker installed: 1995

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.