Manzanar

[casualclicks]

Yes, the white monument is still there. It is located in the cemetery where internees are buried. People still visit, as I did yesterday, to place cranes, stones, coins and other items as remembrances to the dead. The government tore the camp down after WWII in an attempt to destroy this disgraceful part of our history. You might want to check out the video I created here on UTube.

[babypups1]

is that white monument still there?

[aznguyjimmy]

whats the arguement in the story?

[Hlejames]

I went there when I was little. It was like a ghost concentration camp. Most buildings were down, other than the guard towers. What struck me was the one living fruit tree growing up out of the desert. I don't remember if it was apples or peaches, but it was beautiful and surreal. I hope this is not the plan for middle-eastern Americans and the Fema camps : ( I wouldn't be silent.

[MLGxGoMeK]

i was just there today.

[CowboyParker99]

the Philippines and the Bataan death march? Is it true the families got reparations while our own U.S. government paid it's vets something like $1? If this is true...WOW! I don't know what to think...

[sjwr3]

A Japanese American man says, "had other Americans had courage to speak out.."(against human injustice),he says Rememberance Day and this Dialogue about violations of human rights would be unnecessary today.I agree about apologizing, but also question how many of the Japanese Americans kept quiet about or justified Japanese invasions,colonialism,and slavery in rest of Asia for half a century before WWII? Are they doing enough today about Japanese Government's Whitewashing of History?

[paulmaxion]

Hi!, I am japanese-brazilian , second generation, in my next trip, I would like to visit the place, could you explain me how can I go to there?. Sorry by my english!, I just speak portuguese and japanese. Thanks for any information!

[crenshawboy2]

hey paulmaxion, type in google earth, "manzanar war relocation center" then zoom in on national historic site on highway 395, owens valley, california. it is located in the middle of the california dessert. hope that will help.

[paulmaxion]

thanks!

[Korialstraxz]

well i got there on my way to mammoth snowboarding :(

[kryptoniterxn117]

i went to Mammoth from LA on a snowboarding trip and on the way back we saw a sign that said "Manzanar..." so we checked it out. I remember reading a book titled "Farewell to Manzanar" in HS 7 years ago. Any the place looked NOTHING like what it used to be. There's NOTHING left except for that memorabilia. It's like our government intentionally wiped out this darkness from the history book

[holypandacow]

o yeah i read that too

[SabuPtolemy]

I was there last weekend and was shocked by what I saw. Except for one lone guard tower and a few stone foundations there is nothing left. Completely pathetic and disgraceful how America is (not) dealing with that chapter of its own history.

[agingrocker120]

thank you so much for posting this.

thank you!!!

[agingrocker120]

May we never, ever forget Manzanar.

Ever. So tragic...

[remyomar]

No I didn't know that. Thanks for letting me know. I don't have too many photos from my uncle while he was there, and he passed away before I was able to really understand what happened.

[digitalraver81]

do anyone know the name of this song and who sings it? Thanks

[brendonomer]

my grandmother was at the camp, she says they did the normal things that the would do at home, it wasnt all that crazy she explains.

[hornet20]

Well done! Did you know that the "three boys" were photographed outside the wire lookin in?