Official Web site of the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969.
We’re very, very late with this, but video from the 43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, held on April 28, 2012, is now available. The 2012 Pilgrimage included a performance by UCLA Kyodo Taiko, remarks by Les Inafuku, Superintendent, Manzanar National Historic Site, and by Manzanar Committee Co-Chair Bruce Embrey. It also featured a keynote address by... Continue Reading →
This year marked the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Manzanar National Historic Site, the 43rd anniversary for the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, and the 25th anniversary of the UCLA Nikkei Student Union’s (UCLA NSU) participation in this event. We arrived at Manzanar early, like previous years, to have enough time to take a personal... Continue Reading →
Earlier this month, we published some photographs of the 43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, and the 2012 Manzanar At Dusk program, both held on April 28, 2012. But this photo essay features the work of professional photographers Mark Kirchner and Geri Ferguson, official photographers for the events. The majority of the photos are from the afternoon... Continue Reading →
We are quite late in making photos from the 43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage available here on our blog. After all, the event was back on April 28, 2012. The following photos have been available for viewing on our Facebook page since right after the Pilgrimage, and now, you can view them as a slide show,... Continue Reading →
by Kosuke Kudo I learned a little about Manzanar through the UCLA Nikkei Student Union, and by visiting the Japanese American National Museum. My image of Manzanar is that is a very isolated and harsh environment. However, I do not really know about Manzanar, or the internment camps. I heard that there would be chances... Continue Reading →
by Carly Lindley Ever since I returned to San Diego from my first Manzanar Pilgrimage in 2010, I have been waiting to go back. My first experience was extremely eye opening, and it brought to life what my Grandpa Harry had told me about his life there. Seeing the snow capped mountains he saw, walking... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The 43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, is scheduled for 12:00 PM PDT on Saturday, April 28, 2012, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on US Highway 395 in California’s Owens Valley, between the towns of Lone Pine and Independence, approximately 230 miles north of Los... Continue Reading →
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