Tag: manhattan project

• Kingsport & Oak Ridge

  This Friday, the Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett football team travels to Oak Ridge in a renewed rivalry that has been won 23 times by Kingsport and 22 times by Oak Ridge. But the connection is of global significance as the communities share a common heritage dating back to the Manhattan Project during World War II. What Eastman…

  Jeff Fleming

  September 9, 2025

  History

  atomic energy, hiroshima, History, kingsport, knoxville, manhattan project, nuclear-weapons, oak ridge, tennessee, world war ii, writing