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 ...

"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 ...

Giichi Matsumura and his family were detained in Manzanar internment camp during World War Two A skeleton found in California last October has been identified as a Japanese-American artist who was ...

Places of exceptional historical significance never go unnoticed in the United States. For example, these are designated as ...

On Friday, we learned that retired Gen. Mark Milley — chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Donald Trump — said the ...

These families are evident at the Japanese Institute of Sawtelle, where Toyota described a trip for the students to Manzanar in 2012. Institutions like JIS have become vital gathering places for a ...

During World War II, Japanese Americans held at Manzanar found joy and normalcy in baseball. More than 80 years later, their field is back. Sometimes history needs to be unearthed, and other times it ...

More than 5,000 babies were born in detention. Close to 2,000 people died, including Torazo Sakawye in Manzanar camp, at age 67. “He passed away, I think, more or less, of a broken heart,” his ...

Topaz in Utah and Manzanar and Tule Lake in California. “The camp that I had to go to was Amache, in Colorado,” Robert Kashiwagi said. “And it hit 25 below zero. And one has to be very ...

History buffs, especially those with a penchant for World War II, should spend time exploring Manzanar National Historic Site. After an executive order by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1942 ...

Republicans strongly favor deportation of undocumented immigrants even if it means rounding them up and placing them in ...

Dr. Lara earned her doctorate through extensive research at Mission Santa Barbara, the Gardens of Alcatraz, and Manzanar National Historic Site. Enjoy! Cultivating Place now has a donate button!