‘Swords into plowshares’: A look at Kincaid Park’s less than peaceful past

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Nestled amongst the trees and rolling landscape of Anchorage’s Kincaid Park is a time capsule of a bygone yesteryear.

The concrete structures that are now used for storage – housing municipal property, skiing equipment and other recreational supplies – formerly held military equipment, soldiers and nuclear missiles.

“Kincaid Park is a great example of swords into Plowshares,” said Sierra Young, program specialist at the Anchorage Museum. “Taking something that was used for preparedness and war, and then turning it into something that children benefit from, adults benefit from, dogs benefit from.”…

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