On November 10, 2015, the decade-long effort aimed at creating a Manhattan Project National Historical Park was successful — a “memorandum of agreement” officially established the park.

The Signing Ceremony for the Manhattan Project National Historic Park included Sally Jewell, U.S. Secretary of the Interior; Ernest Moniz, U.S. Secretary of Energy; Jon Jarvis, Director National Park Service; Lamar Alexander, U.S. Senator, Tennessee; Maria Cantwell, U.S. Senator, Washington; Tom Udall, U.S. Senator, New Mexico; Martin Heinrich, U.S. Senator, New Mexico; and Vic Knox, Associate Director of Park Planning, National Park Service.

(Original video of the signing ceremony no longer available.)