64th Anniverary of the Hiroshima Bombing Today

I'm running late in getting today's blog entry posted. Today being the 64th anniversary of dropping the first nuclear weapon used in war is noted. There were a few groups assembled to commemorate and protest the event.

Here is some interesting background on the testing of the first nuclear weapon at the Trinity Site in central New Mexico. The Manhattan Project had quite a bit of scientific momentum in getting to this point. After the successful test, the political and military momentum kicked into high gear to use the weapon to persuade the Japanese government to surrender unconditionally. It worked, but we were left with quite a legacy.