Photo Albums / Eastern Sierra / Manzanar

Manzanar National Historic Site (2009) Album of photos from visiting Manzanar Cemetery in Manzanar National Historic Site. (August, 2009) Historic Entrance Historic Entrance Military Police Sentry Post "Manzanar War Relocation Center" MANZANAR IN THE EARLY PART OF WORLD WAR II, 110,000 PERSONS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY WERE INTERNED IN RELOCATION CENTERS BY EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9066, ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 19, 1942. MANZANAR, THE FIRST OF TEN SUCH CONCENTRATION CAMPS, WAS BOUNDED BY BARBED WIRE AND GUARD TOWERS CONFINING 10,000 PERSONS, THE MAJORITY BEING AMERICAN CITIZENS. MAY THE INJUSTICES AND HUMILIATION SUFFERED HERE AS A RESULT OF HYSTERIA, RACISM AND ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION NEVER EMERGE AGAIN. CALIFORNIA REGISTERED HISTORICAL LANDMARK NO. 850 Manzanar Cemetery Manzanar Cemetery Manzanar Interpretive Center Interpretive Center

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