Persuaded by the endorsement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the gift of some 200 acres of land from the Boulder Chamber of Commerce, Congress endorsed the relocation of National Bureau of Standards radio research to Boulder, Colorado. Construction on the Boulder site began in 1951 and, on September 14, 1954 President Eisenhower led a distinguished group to Colorado to dedicate the new Boulder laboratories.

The dedication of the National Bureau of Standards
Boulder Laboratories took place on September 14, 1954.
-from NIST Photographic Collection, Boulder Dedication



President Eisenhower addressed
the crowd at the dedication ceremony
-from NIST Photographic Collection,
Boulder Dedication




Audience assembled for dedication ceremony
-from NIST Photographic Collection, Boulder Dedication

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