We’re pleased to release our wishfully official (or officially wishful) agency video introducing our primary organizational initiative through 2020: The National Cold War Monuments and Environmental Heritage Trail.
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Nike Missiles and National Parks: a visit to the Marin Headlands
On December 12, a National TLC Service worker visited SF-88, the only fully restored Nike missile facility in the United States. Operated by the National Park Service in conjunction with a corps of volunteers, the facility and small museum are…
Boiling Nuclear Superheater – Rincón, Puerto Rico
On Saturday, November 17, National TLC Service personnel conducted a site visit to the shuttered BONUS (Boiling Nuclear Superheater) reactor, located directly adjacent to a legendary surfing beach near Rincón, Puerto Rico. While current and former military installations dot US…
The Half-Life of Empire – Creative Research on Cold War Remains
This session at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting brings together several collaborative projects that address the legacy of the Cold War through the visual and performative methods of creative research. While popular accounts maintain that the Cold War ran…
Archive of Nuclear Humor: Atomic Wear
The National TLC Service received its inaugural donation of materials for our digital archive of nuclear humor from a former Department of Energy inspector who collected clothing items over many years of visiting nuclear weapons sites. These shirts and caps…