National Park Service December 2018 Department of the Interior Manhattan Project National Historical Park Oak Ridge, Tennessee Manhattan Project History in December Take a Break from the Hustle and Bustle of the Holiday The December 7, 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor Hawaii Season and Join Park Rangers on Saturday, December by the Empire of Japan set off a chain of events in American 22 at 3:30 pm ET for a discussion of what life was like during history. The following day, December 8, Congress declared war the Manhattan Project with the overwhelming need for se- on Japan with only one dis- crecy, security and the worry of senting vote. Two days later Germany and Italy declare war spies. Rangers will present a on the United States, entering free program inside the Turn- the U.S. into a global conflict. pike Gatehouse (2900 Oak Ridge December 2 1942, working Turnpike). around the clock for over two weeks Enrico Fermi and his We’re Excited to Announce team produced the first con- Our Newest Member of the trolled nuclear reaction. Chica- go Pile-1 lasted over 4 minutes Manhattan Project National on a squash court in the Uni- Historical Park Team. Ranger versity of Chicago. Two Darryl Long has accepted a posi- months later, February 1943, tion in Oak Ridge. Darryl has a construction of the X-10 Bachelor’s degree in Education Graphite Reactor began in Oak and Master’s degree in Curricu- Ridge, TN. lum and instruction from Ten- nessee Tech. He retired after 20 years from the U.S. Army where This Month’s Highlighted he was a Pharmacy Technician Curatorial Item from the and a Nuclear Biological Chemi- Children’s Museum of Oak cal Non-Commissioned Officer Ridge’s Collection is a Tea and served a tour in Iraq in Set, that was given as a Christ- 2005. Darryl has taught math, mas gift to Anne Hamman at science and social studies in Christmas, 1945. The 25 piece both public and private schools. set is made of glass. Glass was He is married to a kindergarten more readily available than chi- teacher and has two children, na or metal as both metal and Ed Westcott was able to photograph Santa when he Darryl loves hiking, woodwork- porcelain had gone to support visited Oak Ridge in 1947. ing and visiting National Parks. the war effort. DYK? Copper was rationed so Park Visitor Center Desk strictly that in 1943 pennies were made out of steel. The at the Manhattan Project also had to Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge do without copper in the calu- 461 W. Outer Drive, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 trons at Y-12. As a substitute to (865) 482-1942 the copper needed for the mass or visit us at: spectrometers, over one billion www.nps.gov/mapr dollars worth of silver was bor- Twitter@MnhtnProjectNPS rowed from the West Point Bul- www.facebook.com/ManhattanProjectNPS lion Depository. www.Instagram.com/ManhattanProjectNPS .