The following is a press release from the National Park Service. INDEPENDENCE, CA — Manzanar National Historic Site invites visitors to participate in a weekend of special events in conjunction with the Manzanar Committee’s 49th Annual Pilgrimage. All are welcome and the events are free. This year’s Pilgrimage coincides with the 30th anniversary of the... Continue Reading →
Manzanar: One Weekend, One Incredible Experience
by Erica Wei Leading up to the weekend of the Keeping Japanese American Incarceration Stories Alive trip to the Manzanar National Historic Site, I was actually very reluctant about going. I thought about dropping from participating several times. This was two weeks before final exams and it was one of the last weekends I could... Continue Reading →
2018 Manzanar At Dusk Will Connect The Past With The Present
LOS ANGELES — Sharing stories and experiences from the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans in concentration camps during World War II and connecting this history to present-day issues will be the focus of the 2018 Manzanar At Dusk program, sponsored by the Manzanar Committee, scheduled from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Saturday, April 28,... Continue Reading →
JANM President/CEO Ann Burroughs To Be Keynote Speaker at 49th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage
LOS ANGELES — Ann Burroughs, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will be the keynote speaker at the 49th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Manzanar Committee, on Saturday, April 28, 2018, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on U.S. Highway 395 in California’s Owens Valley, between the... Continue Reading →
MEDIA ADVISORY: 49th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage/2018 Manzanar At Dusk – April 28, 2018
LOS ANGELES — The 49th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage is scheduled for Saturday, April 28, 2018, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on U.S. Highway 395 in California’s Owens Valley, between the towns of Lone Pine and Independence, approximately 230 miles north of Los Angeles (see map below). UCLA Kyodo Taiko begins the Pilgrimage program... Continue Reading →
Wilbur Sato To Receive Manzanar Committee’s 2018 Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award
<p PILGRIMAGE: Bus transportation available, but seats are going fast LOS ANGELES — On March 26, the Manzanar Committee announced that former Manzanar incarceree and long-time community activist Wilbur Sato has been named as the recipient of the 2018 Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award. The award, named after the late chair of the Manzanar Committee... Continue Reading →
UCLA Kyodo Taiko To Perform At 49th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage
PILGRIMAGE: Bus transportation available, but seats are going fast LOS ANGELES — UCLA Kyodo Taiko will perform at the 49th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Manzanar Committee, on Saturday, April 28, 2018, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on U.S. Highway 395 in California‘s Owens Valley, between the towns of Lone Pine and... Continue Reading →
49th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, 2018 Manzanar At Dusk Set for April 28, 2018
LOS ANGELES — The 49th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Manzanar Committee, is scheduled for Saturday, April 28, 2018, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on U.S. Highway 395 in California’s Owens Valley, between the towns of Lone Pine and Independence, approximately 230 miles north of Los Angeles (see map below). This year’s... Continue Reading →
VIDEO: 48th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage/2017 Manzanar At Dusk
If you weren’t part of the more than 2,000 people who attended the 48th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage or the approximately 550 people who attended the 2017 Manzanar At Dusk program on Saturday, April 29, 2017, or even if you were there, you can see the entire Pilgrimage and the opening and open mic portions of... Continue Reading →