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"...Japan was already defeated ... dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary ... I thought that our country should avoid shocking world opinion by the use of a weapon whose employment was, I thought, no longer mandatory as a measure to save American lives."
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1963, Mandate for Change.
Amendment 2492 to S. 1197, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2014, sponsored by Senator Maria Cantwell, (D-WA), & co-sponsored by: Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Tom Udall (D-NM), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM).
This amendment was defeated and not included in the final NDAA, H.R. 3304, for FY 2014, signed into law (113-66) by the President on Dec. 26, 2013.
LANL's National Security Science article on MPNHP, Apr 2016
LANL video on the MPNHP
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Study Group letters and related media coverage
Nuclear nature: Manhattan Project tour takes Los Alamos visitors off the beaten path, Santa Fe New Mexican, Oct 20, 2023
Telling The Story Of The Manhattan Project, KUNM Call-In show, Greg Mello and other guests, Jun 23, 2016
Los Alamos team visits Japan to gain perspective on atomic bombings, Santa Fe New Mexican, Mar 24, 2016
Gateway to three national parks discussed, Los Alamos Monitor, Mar 20, 2016
Manhattan Project Park committee reviews progress, Los Alamos Monitor, Jan 20, 2016
Feds start work on Manhattan Project Nat’l Park, Los Alamos Monitor, Jan 16, 2016
Manhattan Project National Historical Park Commemorates Development Of Atomic Bomb, Tech Times, Nov 12, 2015
"Manhattan Project National Historical Park" dedication ceremony - children's performance, (video is posterized to protect the identities of the children), Nov 11, 2015
Manhattan Project park moves ahead, Albuquerque Journal, Nov 11, 2015
Manhattan Project park aims to portray inclusive history of Atomic Age, Santa Fe New Mexican, Nov 11, 2015
The “Manhattan Project National Historical Park”: Moral Failure for America, Danger to Us and the World, LASG brochure, Nov 11, 2015
New national park marks development of nuclear bomb, Associated Press, Nov 10, 2015
DOE, Park Service to Create New National Park for Old Nuclear Weapons – the Ones Dropped on Cities, press release, Nov 9, 2015
Manhattan Project Park signing set, Los Alamos Monitor, Nov 9, 2015
Senators' tour of park sparks talk of atomic bomb's place in history, Santa Fe New Mexican, Oct 13, 2015
Watchdogs applaud stalling of park bill, Los Alamos Monitor, Dec 14, 2013
Manhattan Project Park stalls in U.S. Senate, Los Alamos Monitor, Dec 14, 2013
Los Alamos working to create national park, Associated Press, Nov 29, 2013
Letter to Senators to oppose the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act, S. 507, Nov 29, 2013
Bottom of the "Bucket" List: Manhattan Project National Historical Park, Foreign Policy in Focus, Russ Wellen, Jul 27, 2011
Manhattan Project park should be shelved, The New Mexican editorial, Jul 24, 2011
A National Park for Nukes? Counterpunch, BondGraham, Jul 20, 2011
Anti-Nuclear Groups Protest Proposed Manhattan Project Park, New York Times/Greenwire, Jul 19, 2011
Anti-Nuke Group Fights "Manhattan Project" National Park Plan... Because It "Glorifies Bombs,"Seattle Weekly, Jul 19, 2011
Anti-nuke groups to fight Manhattan Project parks, Associated Press, Jul 18, 2011Proposed Manhattan project park advances, Santa Fe New Mexican, Jul 8, 2013
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LANL Gun Site where the bomb dropped on Hiroshima was assembled.
Photo: LANL
LANL quonset hut where the bomb dropped on Nagasaki was assembled. Photo: LANL
Gun Site - Photo: LANL
V-Site - Photo: LANL
Pond Cabin - Photo: LANL
Emilio Segre Cabin - Photo: Kevin Sutton
Battleship Bunker - Photo: Laura Ann Mullane
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