The following is the keynote speech delivered by attorney Don Tamaki at the 55th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, April 27, 2024, at the Manzanar National Historic Site. Click on the video below to watch. Video © 2024 Manzanar Committee. All rights reserved. LEAD PHOTO: Don Tamaki. Photo by Mark Kirchner/Manzanar Committee.
Ron Wakabayashi to Receive the Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award at 55th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage
LOS ANGELES — Ron Wakabayashi, former Regional Director, United States Department of Justice Community Relations Service, has been named as the 2024 recipient of the Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award. The award, named after the late chair of the Manzanar Committee was one of the founders of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage and was the driving... Continue Reading →
Attorney Don Tamaki to Keynote 55th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage
LOS ANGELES — On March 28, the Manzanar Committee announced that attorney Don Tamaki will be the keynote speaker at the 55th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, which will be held at the Manzanar National Historic Site on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at 12:00 PM PDT (see map below). Tamaki, Senior Counsel of the Bay Area law... Continue Reading →
55th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, 2024 Manzanar At Dusk Scheduled for April 27, 2024; Bus Transportation Available from Downtown Los Angeles, Gardena
LOS ANGELES — On February 9, the Manzanar Committee announced that the 55th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage is scheduled for Saturday, April 27, 2024, at the Manzanar National Historic Site (see map below). The 2024 Manzanar At Dusk program will also be held following the 55th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage. The Committee also announced that bus transportation... Continue Reading →
Scholar and Oral Historian Art Hansen Featured in Special Program at JANM on November 4
The following is a press release from Sharon Yamato. LOS ANGELES — Art Hansen, emeritus professor of history at California State University, Fullerton, and one of the leading scholars in Japanese American history, will be the guest of honor at a special public program, The Enduring Power of Oral History: An Afternoon with Art Hansen... Continue Reading →
Manzanar National Historic Site’s Alisa Lynch Broch Retires
LOS ANGELES — The Manzanar Committee congratulates and extends its best wishes to Alisa Lynch Broch, who headed the Interpretation division at Manzanar National Historic Site, upon her retirement from the National Park Service on September 30. Lynch, who served in her position since September 9, 2001, finished her career after 22 years at Manzanar.... Continue Reading →
Watch the 54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage (2023)/2023 Manzanar At Dusk Here!
If you missed the 2023 Manzanar Pilgrimage (54th Annual), or if you just want to re-live the experience, you can watch the event here via our YouTube channel. Just click on the red arrow in the center of the window of the video (below) that you want to watch! Also available: video clips of each... Continue Reading →
Archived Live Stream of the 54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage
Although our videos from the 2023 Manzanar Pilgrimage (54th Annual) and the 2023 Manzanar At Dusk program are still forthcoming, here is an archived recording of the live stream of the Pilgrimage that we broadcast on our Instagram feed (@manzanarcommittee). Please note that due to the loss of our cellular connection, latter portions of the... Continue Reading →
54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage Official Photo Essay
Even though we published photographs of the 54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage a few days ago, we’re also publishing our “official” photo essay from the event, featuring the stunning photographs by professional photographers Geri Ferguson and Mark Kirchner. Mark and Geri have generously provided photographs of the Manzanar Pilgrimage to us for several years now and,... Continue Reading →