Official Web site of the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969.
LOS ANGELES — Upholding Democracy and Constitutional Rights for All: No More Concentration Camps, is the theme for the 52nd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, which will be held online on Saturday, April 24, 2021, at 12:00 PM. The 2021 Manzanar At Dusk program will also be held online in the hours following the 52nd Annual Manzanar... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The Manzanar Committee mourns the passing of former Manzanar Committee member Takayo Rose Matsui Ochi on December 13, just two days before she would have turned 82 years old. Ochi, a native of East Los Angeles, was three years old when she, along with her parents and three siblings, were among over... Continue Reading →
The following is an official statement by the Manzanar Committee. LOS ANGELES — President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Representative Debra Haaland (D-New Mexico) to serve as the next Secretary of the Interior. The Japanese American community, especially all of us who are actively working to keep the story of “camp” and the forced removal alive,... Continue Reading →
by Glen Kitayama Alan Nishio, who is the keynote speaker for our 2020 Virtual Manzanar Pilgrimage, was awarded the Manzanar Committee’s 2017 Sue Kunitomi Embrey Award for his leadership during the Redress Movement in the 1980s, along with his decades-long activism in the Japanese American community. He was involved in building the local chapter of... Continue Reading →
For 2020, given the stay-at-home and social/physical distancing requirements throughout the country due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic, the traditional 51st Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, where thousands of people gather at the Manzanar National Historic Site on the last Saturday in April, was cancelled. That is, the traditional Manzanar Pilgrimage has been cancelled. As such, the... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — On April 21, the Manzanar Committee announced that, in lieu of the traditional Manzanar Pilgrimage, held annually at the Manzanar National Historic Site, this year’s program will be a “Virtual Manzanar Pilgrimage,” to be released on the Committee’s web site at 11:30 AM Pacific time on Saturday, April 25, 2020. “We are... Continue Reading →
ALTERNATIVE PILGRIMAGE: Planning is underway for an alternative Manzanar Pilgrimage. LOS ANGELES — On April 16, the Manzanar Committee announced that the 51st Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage and the 2020 Manzanar At Dusk program, both scheduled for Saturday, April 25, 2020, have been cancelled due to health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 virus pandemic.... Continue Reading →
The following is a press release from the National Park Service. INDEPENDENE, CA — Beginning Monday, April 6, 2020, portions of one-mile frontage road and 3.2-mile auto tour road at Manzanar National Historic Site will be closed for chip sealing. The auto tour road, which was paved in 2018 to improve access and safety by... Continue Reading →
The following is a press release from the National Park Service. MANZANAR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE is modifying operations to implement latest health guidance. INDEPENDENCE, CA — Manzanar National Historic Site is taking proactive steps to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities... Continue Reading →
