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. INDEPENDENCE, CA — Heavy summer rains the night of July 22-23, 2013, caused significant damage at Manzanar National Historic Site. Shepherd Creek on the north side of Manzanar, and Bairs Creek on the south, jumped their banks, flooding the auto tour road and burying... Continue Reading →
Over the last year, the Federal Aviation Administration has moved closer to building a fence to protect the airstrip at the site of the Tule Lake Unit of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument that would destroy the historic character of the site. The Tule Lake Committee has launched a petition... Continue Reading →
The following is a press release from the Los Angeles City Council; the Manzanar Committee called on the City Council to Declare the Tuna Canyon site as a Historic-Cultural Monument on June 8, 2013. See our statement, Manzanar Committee Calls On Los Angeles City Council To Designate Site of Tuna Canyon Detention Station As A... Continue Reading →
In case you missed it, or if you want to re-live the experience all over again, video from the 44th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, and the 2013 Manzanar At Dusk program is now available on our YouTube page. The video of the 44th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, held at the Manzanar National Historic Site on April 27,... Continue Reading →
The following is the second of two short stories by Yosh Golden, who was born behind the barbed wire at Manzanar during World War II. This story, along with Desert Birth – June 1944, is the foundation for the upcoming film, The Song, a short film based on Manzanar, and the Japanese American Incarceration story.... Continue Reading →
The following is the first of two short stories by Yosh Golden, who was born behind the barbed wire at Manzanar during World War II. This story, along with June 1997: High School Yearbook is the foundation for the upcoming short film, The Song, based on Manzanar, and the Japanese American Incarceration story. Originally published... Continue Reading →
You can help urge the Los Angeles City Council to designate the site of the Tuna Canyon Detention Station as a Historic Cultural Mounment by signing the petition. For more information and to sign, go to Change.org LOS ANGELES — On June 8, the Manzanar Committee announced their support of efforts by the Historic Tuna... Continue Reading →
For the second consecutive year, we are honored and privileged to feature the tremendous photographs of professional photographers Mark Kirchner and Geri Ferguson in our official photo essay from the 44th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage and the 2013 Manzanar At Dusk program, on April 27, 2013. The majority of the photos are from the afternoon Pilgrimage... Continue Reading →
As stated in our post with photographs from the 44th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, held on Saturday, April 27, 2013, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, by all accounts, this year’s Pilgrimage was a huge success. But our events that day don’t end with the afternoon Pilgrimage program. Indeed, the annual Manzanar At Dusk program follows... Continue Reading →
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