Official Web site of the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969.
PILGRIMAGE: Bus transportation from Los Angeles still available, but seats are going fast. LOS ANGELES — Satsuki Ina, Ph.D will be the keynote speaker at the 46th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Manzanar Committee, scheduled for noon PDT on Saturday, April 25, 2015, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on U.S. Highway 395... Continue Reading →
PILGRIMAGE: Seats still available on bus to 45th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage from Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES — College students will once again take the lead role during the 2014 Manzanar At Dusk program, sponsored by the Manzanar Committee, scheduled from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Saturday, April 26, 2014, at the Lone Pine High... Continue Reading →
PILGRIMAGE: Limited seating still available on bus to 45th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage from Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES — UCLA Kyodo Taiko will perform at the 45th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Manzanar Committee, scheduled for 12:00 PM PDT on Saturday, April 26, 2014, at the Manzanar National Historic Site, located on US Highway 395... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — On March 26, the Manzanar Committee announced that renowned scholar and co-founder of the Japanese American Oral History Program, Dr. Arthur A. Hansen, has been chosen as one of the 2014 recipients of the Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award. Educator and former Manzanar incarceree Mas Okui was also named as a recipient... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — On March 26, the Manzanar Committee announced that educator Mas Okui has been chosen as one of the 2014 recipients of the Sue Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award. Scholar and author Dr. Arthur A. Hansen was also named as a recipient (see separate press release). The award, named after the late chair of... Continue Reading →
PILGRIMAGE: Bus transportation from Los Angeles available. Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural nstitute also sponsoring a bus from Gardena. LOS ANGELES — University of Hawai’i Professor Eileen Tamura, author of the 2013 book, In Defense of Justice: Joseph Kurihara and the Japanese American Struggle for Equality, will be the keynote speaker at the 45th Annual Manzanar... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The 45th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Manzanar Committee, is scheduled for 12:00 PM PDT on Saturday, April 26, 2014, 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 Angeles (see... Continue Reading →
by Fred Bradford Years ago, I would drive to Lone Pine on the Thursday before the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, which is always held on the last Saturday of April. The extra day would allow me to drive around the area and sight see. I rarely get that chance if I drive up on Friday. By... Continue Reading →
Over the last year, the Federal Aviation Administration has moved closer to building a fence to protect the airstrip at the site of the Tule Lake Unit of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument that would destroy the historic character of the site. The Tule Lake Committee has launched a petition... Continue Reading →
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