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Posts From The Road: Oklahoma City National Memorial

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Gates of Time: The two ‘Gates of Time’ are massive walls that sit on the east and west boundaries of the Oklahoma City National Memorial. The structures each provide an entrance into the memorial and lower the outside daily noise of downtown from the memorial. On the interior side of the gates is the time 9:01 on the east gate and 9:03 on the west gate. These are the minutes before and after the massive explosion. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Reflection Pool: A 319-foot-long reflection pool sits in the center of the memorial grounds. One can see reflections of many features of the memorial Read More

Fr. Glenn: Brother, Not Enemy, At The Gate

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

The world is filled with those in need—both material and spiritual. In the Catholic Mass for this Sunday (Sept. 28), the focus is upon the theme of charity, primarily Luke 16 and the parable of the rich man and poor Lazarus.

To recap: The passage contrasts two men—one wealthy, the other destitute and afflicted. The rich man, clothed in fine garments and feasting lavishly, ignores Lazarus, a poor man covered in sores at his gate and longing for scraps. Both men die: Lazarus is comforted “in Abraham’s bosom,” while the rich man is tormented in Hell.

Now, this parable is not primarily Read More

Ranking Member Heinrich Celebrates National Public Lands Day With Advocates & U.S. House Natural Resources Committee

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Sen. Martin Heinrich, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, Tracy Stone-Manning, President of The Wilderness Society, Janessa Goldbeck, CEO of Vet Voice Foundation, and Ryan ‘Cal’ Callaghan, Board Chair of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers celebrate National Public Lands Day Sept. 24. Courtesy photo

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:

ALBUQUERQUE — Ahead of National Public Lands Day, Sept. 27, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Read More

Historical Society Lecture Speaker: James Nolan Oct. 14

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Historical Society News:

The Los Alamos Historical Society has announced its upcoming free lecture, 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, in the Pajarito Room of historic Fuller Lodge. The evening will feature Dr. James Nolan, Washington Gladden 1859 Professor of Sociology at Williams College, followed by a book signing of his latest book, Atomic Doctors: Conscience and Complicity at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age. Copies of the book are available now in the Museum Shop and will also be available for purchase at the event.

In Atomic Doctors, Nolan draws on personal family archives and extensive research Read More

SITE Santa Fe 12th International Community Project During First Friday At New Mexico History Museum

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‘Past [between] Present’, installation inside the Palace of the Governors. Courtesy/NMDCA

NMDCA News:

The New Mexico History Museum is hosting a collaborative community engagement project with installation artist Daisy Quezada Ureña, 5-7 p.m., Oct. 3, during the Palace Avenue First Friday Art Walk.

Daisy’s large-scale, immersive art installation, “Past [between] Present”, which is installed inside the Palace of the Governors, is part of SITE Santa Fe’s 12th International:

Once Within a Time exhibit. Daisy will lead a hands-on project inside the Palace Press together with Palace Press Read More

Self Help Seeks Local Time Travelers

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Courtesy/Self Help, Inc.

SELF HELP News:

Self Help, Inc., a local nonprofit that assists northern New Mexicans in “getting back on their feet” when they face short-term crises, has strong roots in Los Alamos and the Española Valley. Self Help was founded in 1969 with the inspiring goal of tackling poverty in Northern New Mexico and empowering people to help themselves.

However, the organization has now encountered a hurdle as volunteer Ruth Williamson pieces together its extensive and rich history, hoping that local history enthusiasts or time travelers can help fill in the gaps.

Have you Read More

Limited Seats Left For Trinity Site Tour On Oct. 18

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COMMUNITY News:

Seats are nearly sold out for the Trinity Site Tour on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. This rare annual tour takes attendees to the site of the first atomic bomb detonation on July 16, 1945.

Walk around Ground Zero, where it detonated, and visit the McDonald Ranch House, where the plutonium core was assembled.

The tour departs from Alamogordo on comfortable motor coaches, where you will learn the fascinating history from expert guides along the way.

Guests will enjoy breakfast snacks, a boxed lunch, bottled water, and same-day admission to the New Mexico Museum of Space History.

When Read More

Safos Dance Theatre’s ‘Stories From Home’ Brings Southwest Soul To Duane Smith Auditorium

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Scene from ‘Tecolote’ with performers Esteban Rosales, Ruby Morales, Zarina Orduño Mendoza and Lauren Jimenez, choreographed and narrated by Yvonne Montoya. Photo by Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli

By MARLENE WILDEN
Los Alamos Daily Post
marlene@ladailypost.com

Los Alamos audiences will witness a rare convergence of personal history, regional memory and evocative dance in Safos Dance Theatre’s evening-length work, Stories from Home, premiering Friday, Oct. 3 at Duane Smith Auditorium. 

Directed by founder and choreographer Yvonne Montoya, the Tucson-based company presents a layered Read More

Pages Of Our History: Charles ‘Rip’ Ripley

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Charles ‘Rip’ Ripley Oct. 20, 1919 – Oct. 8, 2014

By SHARON SNYDER
Los Alamos

Charles “Rip” Ripley was born in October 1919 in Chicago, IL. When he was of age, he spent most of four years at the Los Alamos Ranch School as a student and at times on the staff.

He had attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, Ill., before coming to LARS.

From his time in New Mexico, he became a member of the Class of 1942 at Yale University, but soon found himself a captain in the US Army Medical Corps in World War II.

After the war, Rip married, and he and Betsy settled in Downey, Calif., with two daughters. Rip had learned engineering Read More

FBI Returns Historic ‘Villa De Santa Fe’ Map To Mexico

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FBI News:

Today, the FBI returned a historic map titled “Villa de Santa Fe” to the Government of Mexico during a ceremony in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The map had been reported stolen in 2011.

“On behalf of the FBI, it is my honor to return this historical artifact to the people of Mexico,” said Justin A. Garris, special agent in charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office. “The FBI is committed to returning stolen art and other objects of cultural and historical significance to the communities to which they belong.”

Patricia Pinzón, Consul of Mexico in Albuquerque, emphasized the Government Read More