John F. Kennedy Memorial.

JFK Was Here Gateway

Officially titled the John F. Kennedy Memorial, it's a big Kennedy-profile bronze medallion with plaques on either side. It was built to commemorate a visit that JFK made in December 1962, the first by any President to this mountainous part of New Mexico (and former secret military research site).

According to the plaques, JFK gave a speech on the high school football field encouraging the people of Los Alamos to keep up the good work of building America's atomic bombs.

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JFK Was Here Gateway

Address:: Diamond Drive, Los Alamos, NM
Directions:: Outside the Los Alamos High School football field. The gateway is on the west side of Diamond Drive/Hwy 501, just north of the pedestrian overpass (which is just north of Canyon Rd) at the back of the parking lot.
Admission:: Free

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National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, Albuquerque, NM - 58 mi.

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