Plaque Memorializes Sterling Hall Bombing
Plaques Put Up Around UW-Madison Campus
A series of 31 new plaques marking historic spots on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus includes one describing the fatal bombing of Sterling Hall during the anti-Vietnam War protest era.
The plaque, titled "Reform and Revolt," is dedicated to campus activism and sits south of Bascom Hall, overlooking Sterling Hall (pictured, left).
It notes that UW-Madison students have traditionally been active in political and social causes, and that was never more apparent than in the anti-war movement of the late 1960s.
It gives credit to the students for pushing for social justice, but adds that the protests began to turn violent, culminating with a blast aimed at the Army Mathematics Research Center, which was located in Sterling Hall.
The size of the blast set a record for domestic terrorism until the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
Four men, known as the New Year's Gang, ignited a bomb in an anti-war protest on Aug. 24, 1970, at Sterling Hall. The blast killed a scientist and shook the nation, News 3 reported last year on the 30th anniversary of the blast. (Read The Full Story.)
The plaque reads: "On August 24, 1970, the explosion killed a graduate student, bringing the period of protest to a tragic end."
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The plaque, titled "Reform and Revolt," is dedicated to campus activism and sits south of Bascom Hall, overlooking Sterling Hall (pictured, left).
It notes that UW-Madison students have traditionally been active in political and social causes, and that was never more apparent than in the anti-war movement of the late 1960s.
It gives credit to the students for pushing for social justice, but adds that the protests began to turn violent, culminating with a blast aimed at the Army Mathematics Research Center, which was located in Sterling Hall.
The size of the blast set a record for domestic terrorism until the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
Four men, known as the New Year's Gang, ignited a bomb in an anti-war protest on Aug. 24, 1970, at Sterling Hall. The blast killed a scientist and shook the nation, News 3 reported last year on the 30th anniversary of the blast. (Read The Full Story.)
The plaque reads: "On August 24, 1970, the explosion killed a graduate student, bringing the period of protest to a tragic end."
- August 25, 2000: Sterling Hall Bombing Memories Still Troubling
Copyright 2001 by Channel 3000. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
