Hood and Schofield

Historical marker location:

Franklin, Tennessee

( Marker is on Columbia Pike (U.S. 31) 0.2 miles south of Mack C. Hatcher Memorial Parkway (U.S. 31), on the right when traveling south.)

Nov. 30, 1864.

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory, located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, played a crucial role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. It was also a key site for nuclear research during the Cold War.