1970 tornado memorial honors and educates as new gateway to downtown Lubbock
1970 tornado memorial honors and educates as new gateway to downtown Lubbock By Kase Wilbanks | May 11, 2021 at 5:28 PM CDT - Updated May 11 at 6:59 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Inside the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, a structure built in the aftermath of the May 11th, 1970 tornado, a ceremony was held Tuesday to dedicate the new Tornado Memorial.
âIt was a lot of work by a lot of people and weâre really proud of what came together,â Dan Williams, Chairman of the Tornado Memorial Gateway Committee said.
That committee formed when the City of Lubbock designated four acres of land at Avenue Q and Glenna Goodacre Boulevard in April of 2017 for this project, a tribute to the 26 lives lost when the F5 tornado struck the heart of the city and to serve as a way to tell the story of heartache and resilience.
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