The New Mexico
Nuclear History Trails Award
Sponsored by the
DNWS, Defense Threat Reduction Agency
in partnership with the
Great Southwest Council, BSA
Boy Scouts and adult Scouters can earn the New Mexico Nuclear
History Trails Award by completing the following requirements:
1. 
Complete the Nuclear Science Merit Badge. (Scouters can meet this requirement by
familiarizing themselves with the contents of the Nuclear Science Merit Badge Pamphlet.)
2. 
Visit one of New Mexico’s Nuclear Museums.
Albuquerque: www.nuclearmuseum.org
Los Alamos: www.lanl.gov/museum
KAFB: Defense Nuclear Weapons School
3. 
Visit Trinity Site: Open to public 1st Saturday in April
If a site visit is not possible, review the WSMR Brochure @
http://www.wsmr.army.mil/PAO/Trinity/Pages/TrinitySiteHistoryAcopyofthebrochuregiventositevisitors.aspx
Or contact Mr. Brennan
4. 
Attend a lecture or view a film on the history of the Manhattan Project (see list)
Contact the NM-NHTA GSWC Coordinator Mr. Bill Brennan
[email protected] or
[email protected]
Patches are $3 each plus shipping to units
Provide: Name, Unit #, merit badge date (or adult), museum
visited & date, Trinity visit or virtual tour date, and movie/
lecture seen & date
Symbolism from the New Mexico
Nuclear History Trails Award
Patch Worn by the members of the
Manhattan Project.
The Blue background represents the
universe.
The Service Star signifies command.
The Question mark denotes the secrecy
of the project.
The tail of the question mark becomes a
lightning stroke shown splitting an
atom.
This “Nuclear History Trail”
designates the three areas of New
Mexico where significant events in
Nuclear History occurred:
1. 
Los Alamos
2. 
Albuquerque
3. 
Trinity Site
The symbol for Atomic Energy.
This symbol was also used for the
original BSA Atomic Energy Merit
Badge.
The border picture of New
Mexico, where The Nuclear
Age began.
Manhattan Project Movie List:
1. 
“The Day After Trinity”, J. Robert
Oppenheimer and The Atomic Bomb Movie
2.
“Trinity and Beyond”
3. 
“History Channel Modern Marvels:
The Manhattan Project”
4. 
“Hiroshima”
5. 
“Fatman & Little Boy”