Over time, replicas of the guard tower and barracks were built to tell the stories of what happened there. Then Manzanar ...
"Manzanar In the early part of World War II, 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry were interned in relocation centers by executive order NO. 9066, issued on February 19, 1942. Manzanar, the first ...
Every year on the last Saturday of April, Japanese-Americans who were incarcerated congregate with family and other supporters at Manzanar National Historic Site for a day of remembrance, but as the ...
At the foot of the majestic snow-capped Sierras, Manzanar, the WWII concentration camp, becomes the confluence for memories of Payahuunadü, the now-parched “land of flowing water.” ...
During World War II, Japanese Americans held at Manzanar found joy and normalcy in baseball ... The volunteers worked all weekend under the shadow of a guard tower, using picks, shovels, rakes and ...