Official Web site of the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969.
The following is a press release from the National Park Service. The public is cordially invited to join Manzanar National Historic Site and others over Labor Day Weekend (September 2-6) in preserving Manzanar’s Children’s Village, the only World War II Japanese American incarceration camp orphanage. We will be joined by former Manzanar orphans Karyl Matsumoto... Continue Reading →
The following is a press release from the National Park Service. INDEPENDENCE, CA — Manzanar National Historic Site’s visitor center will be open 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM every day, beginning July 1, 2022. “We look forward to having our visitor center opened seven days a week to accommodate summer travelers,” said Superintendent Brenda Ling.... Continue Reading →
Thefollowing is a press release from the National Park Service. SAN FRANCISCO — The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Brenda Ling to serve as the permanent Superintendent of Manzanar National Historic Site. She is currently the Director of the Public Affairs Division at Gateway National Recreation Area in New York and New Jersey. Ling... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The Manzanar Committee, sponsors of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, Manzanar At Dusk, and other programs, extends it deepest sympathies to the family and friends of former United States Secretary of Transportation, and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-San Jose), Norman Mineta, who passed away on May 3, 2022, at... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — Looking at different forms of resistance through the eyes, minds, and hearts of several artists will be the focus of the 2022 Manzanar At Dusk program, part of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, beginning at 5:00 PM PDT on Saturday, April 30, 2022, live and online via Zoom (videoconference). The interactive Manzanar At... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The Manzanar Committee congratulates and extends its best wishes to Bernadette Johnson, Superintendent, Manzanar National Historic Site, upon her retirement from the National Park Service on November 8. Johnson, who served as Superintendent at Manzanar beginning in June 2014, is finishing her career after 31 years of federal service. She has previously... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — On October 30, the Manzanar Committee, sponsors of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage and Manzanar At Dusk program, along with the youth education project, Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive, announced their Seventh Annual Sue Kunitomi Embrey Student Awards Program, a creative works program in which K-12 students may submit essays, short stories,... Continue Reading →
The follwing is a joint press release from the Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument Committee and the Manzanar Committee. The Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument (VJAMM) Committee and the Manzanar Committee have announced the Second Annual Arnold Maeda Manzanar Pilgrimage Grant for 2022. Maeda, who passed on September 10, 2020, at the age of 94,... Continue Reading →
following is a press release from the Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association. The Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association (ESIA) is seeking to raise $40,000 to help move an original War Relocation Authority administration apartment building back to the Manzanar National Historic Site. The apartment building, once part of what the Japanese American incarcerees called “Beverly Hills,” will... Continue Reading →
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