September National Park events in OR
“Building America’s Secret City” will take place on Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. at Jackson Square. Manhattan Project NHP Rangers will discuss how the community was secretly build during the wartime project.
K-25 helped isolate crucial uranium-235 from the more-abundant uranium-238. To accomplish that, tens of thousands of construction workers relocated to Happy Valley.
Learn more about those accomplishments and the sacrifices it took. Meet at K-25 Overlook.
• “Building America’s Secret City: Jackson Square” will meet Sept. 19, from 6 until 7 p.m.
This tour will discuss how a community was built in Oak Ridge during the security and secrecy of the wartime secret project.
The walk will conclude at the Jackson Square Tennis Courts.
• “Tennis Court Dance” will be on Sept. 19 from 7-8 p.m.
In the early years of Oak Ridge, the Jackson Square Tennis Courts were swinging. Put on your dancing shoes and come dance to the hits of the 1940s.
• “Digging into the Manhattan Project: Pet-Friendly Hike on North Boundary Greenway” will be on Sept. 28 from 11 a.m. until noon.
This hike explores both the pre-Manhattan communities and the construction of Oak Ridge.
This program passes by multiple displaced community cemeteries and a Manhattan Project quarry. Leashed dogs are welcome.