Official Web site of the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969.
LOS ANGELES — In the world of novels about the Japanese American Incarceration experience during World War II, there are only a handful of books available, including Monica Sone’s Nisei Daughter, John Okada’s No-No Boy, Yoshiko Uchida’s Desert Exile, and the best known of them all, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and her late husband James D.... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The Manzanar Committee expresses its deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Alexander Saxton, who passed away on August 20, 2012, in Lone Pine, California, at the age of 93. Saxton, a UCLA History Professor Emeritus, former Acting Director of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center (UCLA AASC) and former Chair... 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 →
The following is a press release from the National Park Service. INDEPENDENCE, CA — Trading cards have been popular with kids for generations, from images of sports figures to movie stars. Now, Manzanar National Historic Site is offering free trading cards featuring five people who were incarcerated at Manzanar War Relocation Center between March 1942... 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 →
LOS ANGELES — On June 2, the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee announced its opposition to a proposed perimeter fence at the Tulelake Municipal Airport, operated by the County of Modoc. The proposed fence would enclose the perimeter of the airport, which was part of the Tule Lake Segregation Center during World War II. According to... 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 →
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