So did you know that tomorrow marks exactly 38 years and 11 months since someone set off a bomb in Portland City Hall? True!
Here’s how Wikipedia tells the tale:
In the early morning hours of November 21, 1970, a dynamite fueled bomb exploded underneath the portico, doing $170,000 in damage. Though no one was injured, windows were blown out, the Council Chamber (located above the blast) was damaged, all of the columns of the portico were damaged and replaced, and the Liberty Bell replica was a complete loss. A new bell was purchased for $8,000 and later moved to Terry Schrunk Plaza. No one was ever arrested or claimed responsibility for the bombing.
The city archives even has this crazy photo of the so-called “Liberty Bell Bombing.”
- City Hall Under Attack!
And 38 years and 11 months later, the bomber is still out there. No arrests were ever made, despite spying and investigation by a secret police squad. Who could it be?!
That’s crazy! And also clearly the work of some knock-off supervillain who had designs on the real bell, but decided to settle.
I’m not saying Glenn Beck didn’t do it….
You got the wrong Elvis…
http://www.barflymag.com/event-219.html
But who bombed Sav-Mor grub?
The cops bombed Sav-Mor. Norman Elmer Miller blew up the public restroom in Lownsdale Park with a bomb in 1980.
http://www.aero.com/publications/parachute…
@Matt: How many unsolved bombings does Portland have? This seems ridiculous.
Of all the unsolved bombings in Portland, the Sav-Mor bombing is the one that most deserves an answer.