Historical Marker Approved for 1985 MOVE Bombing Site in Philadelphia

Students at the Jubilee School in Southwest Philadelphia nominated a historical marker for the site of the 1985 MOVE bombing.

According to the Philadelphia Tribune, “The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has approved a historical marker for the West Philadelphia site of the 1985 MOVE bombing, near Osage Avenue and Cobbs Creek Parkway.

The marker was nominated by students of the private, [K-5] Southwest Philadelphia-based Jubilee School who for two years have studied the 1985 incident in which Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on a residential neighborhood, leaving 11 dead — including five children – and 61 rowhomes destroyed.”

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