Historical Marker
Second Baptist Church
Historical marker location:
36 Vassar Street, Poughkeepsie, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of Vassar Street and Mill Street, on the left when traveling north on Vassar Street.)
Marker installed: 1996
July 19, 1946 - July 21, 1996.
New York State was the site of the deadliest terrorist attack in United States history prior to 9/11. In 1993, a bomb planted in the World Trade Center by Islamic extremists killed six people and injured more than a thousand others.