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Left to right: AHF Program Director Alex Levy, Lydia Martinez, Glenda DePaula (standing), Julie Melton,
AHF President Cindy Kelly, and Frances Quintana in New Mexico in February 2017 |
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ey were packed full, all of them," Frances Quintana remembered, describing the green Army buses that brought workers to Los Alamos during World War II. As Frances (above right) describes, hundreds of residents of northern New Mexico, including many members of the Hispano communities and Pueblos, worked on the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project has had complex and long-lasting legacies for northern New Mexico and the world.
Thanks to your generosity, in 2017 the Atomic Heritage Foundation made major strides in preserving and interpreting this history. Listening to the voices of participants like Frances Quintana is a powerful and effective way to learn from this history.
Please make a year-end donation to support this effort.
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Exterior view of the X-10 Graphite Reactor, 1949. image courtesy of the Department of Energy-Oak Ridge Office. |
Thanks to your support, in 2017 the Atomic Heritage Foundation:
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Launched new "Ranger in Your Pocket" online interpretive programs on the University of Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory, Los Alamos Innovations, and the Hans Bethe House, as well as a "beta" program on the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge. In 2018, working with local partners, we will produce a new "Ranger" on the French connections to the Manhattan Project and expand our programs on Oak Ridge. In addition, we are creating an interpretive series to complement the Santa Fe Opera's production of "Doctor Atomic" next summer. The "Doctor Atomic Trail" will feature sites in Lamy, Santa Fe, Los Alamos, the Trinity Site and other places in New Mexico associated with the making of the atomic bomb.
- Wrote 35 new history articles for our main website. Popular new articles include Survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the French Nuclear Program, and the Human Computers of Los Alamos. Our website now receives more than 170,000 hits per month from visitors all around the world, including thousands of middle and high school students.
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Developed more than 1,000 new profiles for the
Manhattan Project Veterans Database. The database now has more than 14,000 profiles, including secretaries, scientists, generals, and welders. Many of the profiles include personal documents and photographs submitted by veterans and family members.
Your generosity and support has made these accomplishments possible. We have ambitious plans for 2018,
but we can only accomplish them with your help. Please help us continue to preserve and interpret the Manhattan Project through the voices of the people who experienced it.
You can
donate online here or send us a check made out to the Atomic Heritage Foundation at 910 17th Street, NW, Suite 408, Washington, DC 20006. We greatly appreciate your support. Thank you very much!
Best wishes and Happy New Year,
Atomic Heritage Foundation
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