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TRINITY SITE

2006 October

Open House Visit

Official Scenic Historic Marker

OFFICIAL SCENIC HISTORIC MARKER

TRINITY
SITE

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"The world's first atomic explosion occurred on July 16, 1945, at the Trinity Site near the north end of the historic Jornada del Muerto. It marked the beginning of the nuclear age, and the culmination of the Manhattan Project. The site, now part of the White Sands Missile Range, is closed to the public."

Film crew, monument in background Although the site is usually closed to the public, there is a public open house on the first Saturday in April and October, in most years. A variety of displays, souvenir vendors, and food booths were near the parking area. Speeches were given at the monument at ground zero. Old photos were displayed along the fence around the site. People wandered around looking, photographing, measuring radiation, talking and thinking.

Related links:
A much more comprehensive description of a visit on the same day (very long page with many large photos).
OpenStreetMap of location.
Visit the Salmon and Sterling test site near Baxterville, Mississippi.

Fence to fence panorama

Bus ride to McDonald Ranch Buses are provided for rides to the McDonald Ranch House, about 2 miles away.

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Quote of the moment
Every man among us is more fit to meet the duties and responsibilities of citizenship because of the perils over which, in the past, the nation has triumphed; because of the blood and sweat and tears, the labor and the anguish, through which, in the days that have gone, our forefathers moved on to triumph.
~ THEODORE ROOSEVELT, assistant secretary of the Navy, speech before the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, June 1897.—“Washington’s Forgotten Maxim,” American Ideals (vol. 13 of The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, national ed.), chapter 12, p. 198 (1926). ~

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