News Releases

Concord, Calif. – The National Park Service, in collaboration with Author Steve Sheinkin, invites you to join a Virtual Author Talk on September 27, 2022, at 6 p.m. The program will consist of a virtual presentation about the events at Port Chicago followed by a Q & A session with Steve Sheinkin and NPS Park Rangers.

Concord, Calif. – The National Park Service, in collaboration with the Friends of Port Chicago National Memorial, and the U.S. Army’s 834th Transportation Battalion, invites you to join the annual Port Chicago Commemoration on July 16, 2022, at 10 a.m. We will honor the 320 men who lost their lives in the largest WWII military disaster on the home front.

The National Park Service (NPS) has recognized three employees in the Pacific West Region for their dedication to preserving park cultural resources and history for this and future generations of visitors. The annual, regional recognition applauds creativity and outstanding contributions in cultural resource management, particularly projects that serve as models across the agency.

SAN FRANCISCO - The National Park Service (NPS) has selected K. Lynn Berry to serve as the superintendent of Eugene O’Neill and John Muir National Historic Sites, Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial and Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front National Historical Park in California. She currently serves as the superintendent of Congaree National Park in South Carolina and will begin her new role in early April.

DENVER — Susan “Sue” Fritzke, deputy superintendent of four National Park Service (NPS) sites in the San Francisco Bay Area, has been named superintendent of Capitol Reef NP in Utah by NPS Intermountain Region Director Sue Masica.

Join the National Park Service, East Bay Regional Park District, and Friends of Port Chicago National Memorial to honor the 320 men who lost their lives in the largest WWII military disaster on the home front and to celebrate the future of the Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial. This event will celebrate the Centennial of the National Park Service and highlight the future Visitor Center planned jointly by the National Park Service and East Bay Regional Park District at the future Concord Hills Regional Park.

Join the National Park Service and the Friends of Port Chicago National Memorial to honor the 320 men who lost their lives in the largest WWII military disaster on the home front.

The National Park Service and the Friends of Port Chicago National Memorial, invite the public to participate in two events commemorating the historical significance of the Port Chicago disaster and its impact on African American history and the United States Armed Services.