Draft Foundation Document for Manhattan Project National Historical Park

The National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are inviting public review and comment on a draft foundation document for the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. The foundation document is designed to affirm the park's core mission and significance, key resources and values, and the interpretive themes that tell its stories.

Formally established last November at DOE locations in three states, the park marks the history of the mid-20th-century people, science and events that led to creation of the atomic bomb in the top-secret effort known as the Manhattan Project. Foundation documents are guidance tools individualized for each of the NPS's 413 units to direct basic park planning and management.

From now through October 10, 2016, the draft foundation document is available here for public review and comment.

Document Content:

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