Adventure 003, Site 048-Manzanar

Sherri at Manzanar

Capture California, the Game-2013

Adventure: 003, Site 048-Manzanar

California Landmark Number: 850

National Registry ID: 76000484

Team: YOLT­

Date:  July 19, 2013

Location:

Coordinates: 36°43′42″N 118°9′16″W

Address: Between Lone Pine and Independence

Description:

This is a place that we need to remember in order never to repeat the sins of our nation. Americans of Japanese decent were relocated to Manzanar after the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the country of Japan. Our American Constitution was violated and civil liberties of these US citizens were violated in an racist act. On the day of visiting Manzanar National Historic Site it was humid and 103 degrees. It is at the foot of the eastern Sierras-hot in the summer;  snow covered and cold in the winter; and the wind blows all the time. The heat if this day was a good reminder of what these Americans suffered in relocating to this harsh environment. Last year we viewed plaques

Guard Tower

in the internment camps of Fresno,  Turlock and Merced. It was also a sober reminder of our history. May we never repeat this injustice on any group of US citizens again.

Typical Cabin

Inscription on California Plaque:
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 February 19, 1942.



Manzanar, the first of ten such concentration camps, was bounded by barbed wire and guard towers. It confined ten thousand persons, the majority of them American citizens.



May the injustices and humiliation suffered here as a result of hysteria, racism, and economic exploitation never emerge again.

Commemerating their exile

References:

• NoeHill-State and National
  
• Wikipedia
  
• Ansel Adams Pictures
  
• Manzanar Information Site
  
• NPS Site
  

Overall Landmark References:

• David Schmitt's California State Historical Landmark (Schmitt)
  
• Wikipedia: California's National Landmarks (WCNL)
  
• State of California's California Historical Landmarks (CHL)
  
• Wikipedia: California State Landmarks (WCSL)
  
• State of California Historical Resources (CHR)
  
• National Registry of Historical Places (NRHP)