Common sense isn't.
(Text from the plaque)
| WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICA'S MISSILE AND SPACE ACTIVITY |
McDONALD RANCH HOUSE
|
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
In the front room of this humble ranch house the world's first nuclear
device was assembled on 13 July 1945. The device was then take to Trinity
Site, two miles from here, where it was placed into a test bomb and detonated
at dawn on 16 July 1945. This historic event signaled the dawn of a new age
and was forever to change the human experience. While nuclear technology was
born of war, it today serves mankind in countless humanitarian forms.
The McDonald Ranch House has been restored and
will be preserved as it was on that fateful day in 1945 that future
generations may come here to see this historic structure where an event
occurred that altered forever the course of history. This site is dedicated
to all those Americans who contributed to one of man's greatest technological
conquests - the harnessing of the atom. Let this restored ranch house and
its peaceful setting here in the shadow of the Oscura Mountains be ever a
reminder to all those who come here of America's solemn obligation to use the
miraculous phenomenon of the atom to serve all mankind in its untold, yet
unexplored opportunities. This is an obligation we dare not fail to meet.
Niles J. Fulwyler (archived 2008)
Major General, USA
Commanding
| Quote of the moment |
| O Christ! it is a goodly sight to see What Heaven hath done for this delicious land. |
| ~ Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto i. Stanza 15. ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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