Official Web site of the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969.
LOS ANGELES — On April 19, the Manzanar Committee advised that those attending the 54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage on Saturday, April 29, 2023, should bring their own chairs, and/or umbrellas/parasols to the event. Unlike recent Pilgrimages, there will be no tent/covered seating area, and possibly no chairs, or a very limited number of chairs, due... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The Manzanar Committee seeks community support for its archival history project, “Manzanar Remembered: An Online Archive of Pilgrimages and the Endeavor to Establish the Manzanar National Historic Site.” The project seeks to preserve and digitize material related to the beginnings of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimages, and efforts to create the Manzanar National... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — Connecting the injustices of the past with similar injustices of the present will be the focus of the 2023 Manzanar At Dusk program, sponsored by the Manzanar Committee, scheduled from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at the Lone Pine High School gymnasium, located at 538 South Main... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The 54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage is scheduled for Saturday, April 29, 2023, 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). Kyodo Taiko at UCLA will begin the... Continue Reading →
PILGRIMAGE: Bus transportation is still available from Downtown Los Angeles LOS ANGELES — Kyodo Taiko at UCLA will perform at the 54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Manzanar Committee, on Saturday, April 29, 2023, starting at 12:00 PM PDT, conditions permitting, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on U.S. Highway 395 in California’s... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — On March 17, the Manzanar Committee announced that Manjusha Kulkarni and Dr. Arthur A. Hansen, will be among the featured speakers at the 54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, which will be held live and in-person, conditions permitting, at the Manzanar National Historic Site on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at 12:00 PM PDT (see... Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: Over the last few months, college students who participated in our annual Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive program will share their thoughts here on our web site about their experiences in the two-day, intensive, immersive, place-based learning experience about the unjust incarceration of Japanese/Japanese Americans during World War II, a partnership with... Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: Over the last few months, college students who participated in our annual Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive program will share their thoughts here on our web site about their experiences in the two-day, intensive, immersive, place-based learning experience about the unjust incarceration of Japanese/Japanese Americans during World War II, a partnership with... Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: Over the last few months, college students who participated in our annual Katari: Keeping Japanese American Stories Alive program will share their thoughts here on our web site about their experiences in the two-day, intensive, immersive, place-based learning experience about the unjust incarceration of Japanese/Japanese Americans during World War II, a partnership with... Continue Reading →
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