Official Web site of the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969 and the more recent Manzanar At Dusk program
The Los Angeles Day of Remembrance 2019 was held on February 16, 2019, at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo. The George & Sakaye Aratani Central Hall at JANM was filled to capacity once again for the annual Day of Remembrance, held to commemtorate the signing of Executive Order 9066, which... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — Behind Barbed Wire: Keeping Children Safe and Families Together is the theme for the Los Angeles Day of Remembrance (DOR) 2019, a program supporting civil rights for everyone, scheduled for Saturday, February 16, 2019, from 2:00 - 4:00 PM at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo. The... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Day of Remembrance 2019, a program supporting civil rights for everyone, will be held on Saturday, February 16, 2019, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM, at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo. The Day of Remembrance is held annually to commemorate President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The 2018 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance program was held on February 17, 2018, at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo. The packed house heard from speakers including the Honorable Al Muratsuchi, California State Assembly (66th District), and Alan Nishio of Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Day of Remembrance 2017, a multimedia, multicultural program supporting civil rights for everyone, will be held on Saturday, February 18, 2017, from 2:00 - 4:00 PM at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo. The Day of Remembrance is held annually to commemorate President Franklin D.... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The 2015 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance (DOR) program will be held on Saturday, February 21, at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) from 2:00 – 4:00 PM. The DOR continues to be dedicated to commemorating the impact of E.O. 9066 on the Issei, Nisei and subsequent generations of Japanese Americans. It... Continue Reading →
This month, the Japanese American community reflects upon its past through Day of Remembrance programs, commemorating the February 19, 1942 signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which authorized the forced removal and unjust incarceration of over 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast during World War II. This year... Continue Reading →
