Telling the atomic bomb story

The National Park Service (NPS) and the Department of Energy joined forces this week to establish theManhattan Project National Historical Park. The two agencies will work together to preserve and interpret places and events associated with the atomic project including those inOak Ridge, Tennessee; Los Alamos, New Mexico; and Hanford, Washington.

The tale of the Manhattan Project is one ofscientific and engineering achievement, for sure, but it’s also a story of people and events. More than 6...