Boise City, Oklahoma: Bomb in the Sidewalk
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- Address:
- 6 N.E. Square, Boise City, OK
- Directions:
- Jct of US 287 and US 412. On the traffic circle, in front of the Chamber of Commerce caboose.
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- Worth a Detour
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In 1943, Boise City was mistakenly bombed by Americans on a night training mission. The town commemorates the event with a small bomb embedded in a downtown sidewalk (previous memorial crater removed).
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Bomb in the Sidewalk
The bomb is right in front of the sign.
[Angie, 03/11/2024]Replica Bomb Crater
The crater has been cemented smooth. Bomb and commemorative plaque still exists.
[JasonOski, 01/26/2023]Update 9/10/2021. It's not anywhere in town. We were here on a Friday evening, so there wasn't anyone to ask.
[Becky T., 09/10/2021]Still missing in April 2021. The museum volunteer wasn't certain of its current location, but said they are still working on the street and sidewalks in the area.
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The crater and its bomb vanished several years ago during a street repair project. The crater had been disappointingly small and feeble. The return of the bomb and its plaque at least provide a landmark where the terror of that night can be imagined.