MEDORA -Nominations for the De Mores Memorial Park in Medora and the Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex anti-ballistic missile defense facility near Concrete will be reviewed during the North Dakota State Historic Preservation Review Board meeting Aug. 31 at 10 a.m. in the North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum in Lecture Room A in Bismarck.

The nomination presentations are open to the public. The board reviews nominations to the National Register of Historic Places prior to their submission to the Keeper of the NRHP for official consideration. Written public comments regarding nominations for RSL-3 and the De Mores Memorial Park will be accepted up to Sept. 30.

The National Register of Historic Places is the nation’s list of properties considered worthy of preservation.

De Mores Memorial Park in Medora was first created in 1924 on land donated to the city of Medora by the sons of the Marquis de Mores who founded the town. The statue serving as the focal point in the park, created by Pierre Marie Poisson of France, was also commissioned by the Marquis’ sons. The design of the park as it is today is primarily the result of Civilian Conservation Corps projects that took place after the ownership was transferred to the State Historical Society of North Dakota in 1936. The park is now part of the de Mores State Historic Site. The park is significant at the local level under the categories of social history, art and landscape architecture.

RSL-3 near Concrete is one of four Remote Sprint Launch sites that were built as part of the Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex in northeastern North Dakota. The complex was the only anti-ballistic missile defense facility ever built in the United States. Its existence has been credited by Cold War historians as playing a major role in the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Treaties with the Soviet Union. The site is significant at the national level for its role in the Cold War and the advancements in technology that stemmed from the project.