

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Cold War Defense: Carrollton-Nike Park Walking Tour
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Visit Nike-Ajax Missile Site N-75L, one of the Cold War’s few surviving Army Air-Defense Posts, and view our Nike-Ajax missile on exhibit. 

Local historian Albert Burckard along with former missile mechanic Ira Abbott host a short presentation and walking tour of this site to discuss its history, its role in the Cold War and the mechanics of how the missile system worked.

The park, which contains the original barracks, mess hall, administration and recreation building, officer/non-commissioned officer family housing, fueling area and underground missile magazines, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.

Event begins in the recreation hall--former soldier barracks--at Nike Park, 13036 Nike Park Road, Carrollton.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/carrollton/cold-war-defense-carrollton-nike-park-walking-tour/200029804611442
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- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029804611442?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=carrollton-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Carrollton
- **state**: VA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Carrollton Nike Park
- **lat**: 36.960440625112
- **long**: -76.560892625195
- **full address**: Carrollton Nike Park, 13036 Nike Park Rd, Carrollton, VA 23314-6100, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Isle of Wight County Museum (https://allevents.in/org/isle-of-wight-county-museum/18573014)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Carrollton Nike Park, 13036 Nike Park Rd, Carrollton, VA 23314-6100, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Isle of Wight County Museum
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Cold War Defense: Carrollton-Nike Park Walking Tour ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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