History

Free Training Wednesdays In April And May For Volunteers Interested In Los Alamos History

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LAHS News:

With the spring tourist season fast approaching, Los Alamos Historical Society (LAHS) and its History Museum are seeking new volunteers for a variety of positions.

Training sessions focusing on the community’s history and historic district will be offered 4-5:30 p.m., Wednesdays in April and May (April 3, 10, 17, 24, and May 1). Participants will meet at 4 p.m. each Wednesday in the Nambe Room in Fuller Lodge.

Training comprises presentations on Los Alamos and the Pajarito Plateau, covering the Ancestral Puebloans, Homestead Era, Los Alamos Ranch School, Manhattan Project and Read More

Enterprise Bank Donates $15K To New Mexico Consortium For ‘Cosmic Frontiers: Stephen Hawking & The Universe’

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Enterprise Bank & Trust Los Alamos Region President Liddie Martinez presents a $15,000 sponsorship at the bank Thursday to CEO Dr. John Engen of the New Mexico Consortium for the April 27-28 event, ‘Cosmic Frontiers: Stephen Hawking & The Universe’. Learn more about the event at www.cosmicfrontiers.org. Courtesy/Enterprise

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Enterprise Bank & Trust Los Alamos Region President Liddie Martinez on Thursday presented a $15,000 sponsorship to CEO Dr. John Engen of the New Mexico Consortium for its upcoming event, Read More

Los Alamos Historical Society: What’s Up?

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Los Alamos Eagle Scout Miles Iverson has completed his Eagle Scout Project, a memorial bench and hitching post in memory of Josh Miko. Courtesy/LAHS

LAHS News:

Los Alamos Historical Society (LAHS) is expecting another blockbuster summer of visitors. Director Todd Nickols is addressing the ability to offer private group tours.

In 2016, LAHS charged $5 per person for a walking tour and were lucky to have five people on the tours. Today they consistently have an average of 15-20 people on each tour during the busy season, at times up to 45 people. Today LAHS charges $25 per person, a bargain considering Read More

NMHM: Walking Tours Of Santa Fe, Docent Training

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NMHM News:

SANTA FE — Friends of History, the nonprofit volunteer organization of the New Mexico History Museum, announce walking tours of historic downtown Santa Fe will resume Wednesday, April 3 and run through December.

Friends of History walking tour docents are volunteer storytellers and the only Santa Fe guides trained under the auspices of the New Mexico History Museum, with dozens of hours of online training, self-study and supervised practice.

Spring 2024 training for anyone 21 years of age or older begins with free introductory sessions live on Zoom: 4-4:45 p.m. Tuesday, March Read More

Los Alamos High School Literature Students Participate In African America Read-In At Mesa Public Library

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Students from LAHS’s AP Literature classes at Mesa Public Library last week participating in the African American Read-In. Courtesy/LAPS

Students from LAHS’s AP Literature classes participating in the African American Read-In. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

This past week students from Los Alamos High School’s AP Literature classes took a field trip to Mesa Public Library to participate in the African American Read-In, a nationwide movement begun in 1990 by the National Council of Teachers of English. The read-ins foster community celebration and engagement in works written and illustrated Read More

Military Order Of The World Wars To Host Captain Mark Davis Feb. 20

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Captain Mark Davis

MOWW News:

This month’s speaker will be Captain Mark Davis, USN (Ret) and Associate Laboratory Director of Weapons Production Chief Operating Officer.

He will discuss the key innovations since the late 18th century that have fundamentally changed warfare, and what that can mean going forward for the U.S. military, especially given the present geopolitical situation.

Captain Davis served as an officer on several submarines eventually serving as Commanding Officer on two boats as well as the Commodore of Task Force Six Nine. His post-command shore tours included serving Read More

Lawmakers Hope To Expand Historic Women Markers Program In New Mexico

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Miriam Hill, left, and Susannah Barsom, both of Silver City, walk past a historic marker near the state Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. For nearly 20 years the state has had a New Mexico Historic Women Marker program in which dozens of women who contributed to the history of New Mexico are honored with roadside markers around the state. Two lawmakers are pushing for more money to expand the program and create another 16 monuments. Photo by Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican

By ROBERT NOTT
The Santa Fe New Mexican

Call them monuments to both the forgotten and famous women in New Mexico history.  Read More

Friends Of History Online Series Features Nick Pappas 

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Crosses of iron by Author Nick Pappas. Courtesy/New Mexico Press 202

NMHM News:

The New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) and Friends of History continue the online only series, Feb. 7, with a fascinating look into the two devastating mining disasters (1913 and 1923) in Dawson, NM with: CROSSES OF IRON: THE TRAGIC STORY OF DAWSON, NEW MEXICO AND ITS TWIN MINING DISASTERS presented by four-decade veteran journalist Albuquerque-based Nick Pappas.

In October 1913, 261 miners and two rescuers died when a massive explosion ripped through a mine operated by Phelps, Dodge & Co. in Dawson, N.M. Read More

National Museum Of Nuclear Science & History To Open ‘Da Vinci Machines’ Exhibit Jan. 27, 2024 In Albuquerque

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‘Da Vinci Machines’ celebrating the creativity, ingenuity, and incredible feats of engineering of Leonardo Da Vinci opens Jan. 17 at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History.  Courtesy/NMNS&H

Leonardo Da Vinci’s ‘Aerial Screw’. Courtesy/NMNS&H

NMNS&H News:

  • Special exhibit celebrates engineering, innovation and imagination

ALBUQUERQUE – On Jan. 27, 2024, the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History (NMNS&H) will open a temporary exhibit, “Da Vinci Machines”. This Exhibition is celebrating the creativity, ingenuity, and incredible feats Read More