Join us for an evening of solemn remembrance and celebration, honoring the legacy and sacrifice of New Mexico’s Bataan POWs. We will share some first-hand accounts of their return home after years of captivity and share in a commemorative toast. Released POWs Late August 1945, courtesy of the National Archives   Let us gather to reflect, remember, and honor their final journey home.   "We must never forget the price they paid for freedom." September 2, 2025 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

By Aaron Krebsbach Los Alamos Project Main Gate during the Manhattan Project. Los Alamos National Laboratory A re-creation of the historic security gate is at Main Gate Park today. National Park System On July 16, 1945, at 5:30 AM, the early morning sky of Socorro, New Mexico lit up as if it were the middle of the day. The Gadget, as it was called, had been detonated creating the first Nuclear Explosion in the history of man. Watching from a bunker, the man behind the test a

By: Aaron Krebsbach Three Servicemen  in Washington DC On March 8, 1965, US Marines landed at Da Nang and deployed to the Da Nang Air Base marking the start of the US ground war in Vietnam. As the war heated up, troop deployments increased and by April 1969, over 543,400 troops were deployed in Vietnam. More than 57,000 New Mexicans served over the course of the war, with 398 giving the last full measure. 12 of them are still listed as Missing in Action (MIA), according to D

Please join us on April 30, 2025, for an opening reception at 5PM with lecture series to follow at 6PM . This series will explore the...

By Curator Aaron Krebsbach In late October, early November of last year, I had the opportunity to meet and speak with a family member of the 200th. They had come in to update us on the story of their family from a past display we had had in our hallway to our gallery. They spoke with me about a man from Portales who was in the 200th Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft) at the Philippines, survived the Death March, and had died at Cabanatuan. They updated us with an incredible sto