Alvin K. Bissell Park in Oak Ridge is pictured above. (Submitted photo)
During a walk this month, the National Park Service will discuss how and why Oak Ridge was developed and how people were encouraged to stay during World War II. The free walk will be led by a ranger at Alvin K. Bissel Park at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 28.
The walk will begin at the Secret City Commemorative Walk, and it will end at the International Friendship Bell.
The walk will also feature Shigeko Uppuluri, who will discuss her role in bringing the Friendship Bell to Oak Ridge. She will discuss the history and meaning of the bell.
The Secret City Commemorative Walk is located at the end of the parking lot next to the Oak Ridge Public Library at 1401 Oak Ridge Turnpike, near the intersection of Oak Ridge Turnpike and South Tulane Avenue.
The Commemorative Walk is a short walking distance from the American Museum of Science and Energy. If you need directions, maps are available at the National Park desk in the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge.
Oak Ridge was built during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project, a top-secret federal program to build the world’s first atomic weapons.
The city is now part of the three-site Manhattan Project National Historical Park. The other two cities included in the park are Hanford, Washington, and Los Alamos, New Mexico.
For more information on the park or directions to the July 28 program, contact the Manhattan Project National Historical Park at (865) 576-6767.
Friendship Bell (Submitted photo)
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