Official Web site of the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969 and the more recent Manzanar At Dusk program
February 19, 2019 marks the 77th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066, authorizing the forced removal and unjust incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese Americans in ten American concentration camps, and other confinement sites, during World War II, one of the worst violations of civil rights in our nation’s history, and... Continue Reading →
The Los Angeles Day of Remembrance 2019 was held on February 16, 2019, at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo. The George & Sakaye Aratani Central Hall at JANM was filled to capacity once again for the annual Day of Remembrance, held to commemtorate the signing of Executive Order 9066, which... Continue Reading →
PILGRIMAGE: Seats are going fast on bus to Manzanar Pilgrimage from Downtown Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES — On February 12, the Manzanar Committee announced that attorney Dale Minami of Minami and Lew, L.L.P. and Karen Korematsu, Founder and Executive Director of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute, will be the featured speakers at the 50th Annual... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — Behind Barbed Wire: Keeping Children Safe and Families Together is the theme for the Los Angeles Day of Remembrance (DOR) 2019, a program supporting civil rights for everyone, scheduled for Saturday, February 16, 2019, from 2:00 - 4:00 PM at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo. The... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Day of Remembrance 2019, a program supporting civil rights for everyone, will be held on Saturday, February 16, 2019, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM, at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo. The Day of Remembrance is held annually to commemorate President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — On February 4, the Manzanar Committee, sponsors of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969, the accompanying Manzanar At Dusk program since 1997, and the new project targeting college students, Katari, announced the launch of their new web site, https://manzanarcommittee.org. The new web site combines their obsolete web site and their blog into... Continue Reading →
PILGRIMAGE: Preliminary details announced for 50th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage; Bus transportation available from Downtown Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES — The 50th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Manzanar Committee, is scheduled for Saturday, April 27, 2019, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on U.S. Highway 395 in California’s Owens Valley, between the towns of... Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: The following is the third installment of reflection pieces written by our students who visited the Manzanar National Historic Site back in November 2018, part of a two-day, interactive, intensive, placed-based learning experience about Japanese American Incarceration. This installment features thoughts from three of our students. To learn more about this critical educational... Continue Reading →
The following is a press release from the Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association, a non-profit partner of the Manzanar National Historic Site. RE-OPENING: Manzanar National Historic Site to re-open January 18-21 and January 25-27 only. Manzanar National Historic Site’s non-profit partner, the Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association (ESIA), has generously donated funds to the National Park Service... Continue Reading →
