Historical Marker
The Wildes Massacre
Historical marker location:
Waycross, Georgia
( Marker is at the intersection of Memorial Drive (Georgia Route 4) and Screven Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Memorial Drive.)
Marker installed: 1958
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.