By Monique JonesThe Birmingham TimesBirmingham officials and residents were passionate in their desire for a National Historical Park during a public meeting held Thursday at the 16th St. Baptist Church. It’s the story of resolution.”Lisa McNair, sister of Denise McNair, one of the four girls killed during the 1963 bombing, spoke on behalf of national park designation. “When I learned about the opportunity for this to be a national park, I was thrilled and so were my parents, who are the only parents still alive from that fateful day,” McNair said. Others who spoke on behalf of the park designation included Odessa Woolfolk, Chair Emerita of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute who said visitors from around the world see Birmingham as an important link to the world’s broader human rights movement. Dr. Thomas L. Wilder, pastor of Bethel Baptist Church, said, “Bethel as well as 16th Street and some of the other churches were pivotal points” in the civil rights movement.