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Toyo Miyatake’s Photographs Of Manzanar On Exhibit at Eastern California Museum During Annual Manzanar Reception

March 27, 2012 Leave a comment

The following is a press release from the Eastern California Museum.

Toyo Miyatake
Photo: Ansel Adams, Library of Congress

INDEPENDENCE, CA — An exhibit featuring more than 60 black-and-white photos by Toyo Miyatake, showing many aspects of life in the Manzanar concentration camp during World War II, will greet those attending the Eastern California Museum’s Annual Manzanar Reception on Friday, April 27, 2012, from 2:00 – 8:00 PM.

The exhibit, Personal Responsibility: The Camp Photographs of Toyo Miyatake, opened April 7 at the Eastern California Museum, located at 155 North Grant Street, in Independence, six miles north of the Manzanar National Historic Site.

Before being incarcerated at Manzanar, Miyatake was a well-known and highly respected photographer in Los Angeles. His photographs included traditional portraits and cutting edge, modern photography featured in numerous exhibits in the United States and abroad. Read more of this post

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Author, Scholar Dr. Mitchell Maki To Keynote 43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, April 28, 2012

March 19, 2012 5 Comments

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PILGRIMAGE: Bus transportation still available from Los Angeles, but seats are going fast.

Noted author and scholar Dr. Mitchell T. Maki will be the keynote speaker at the
43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage.
Photo courtesy Mitchell Maki

LOS ANGELES — Mitchell T. Maki, Ph.D. will be the keynote speaker at the 43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, scheduled for noon PDT on Saturday, April 28, 2012, 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.

Each year, over 1,000 people from diverse backgrounds, including students, teachers, community members, clergy and former incarcerees attend the Pilgrimage, which commemorates the unjust imprisonment of over 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry in ten American concentration camps located in the most desolate, isolated regions of the United States. Manzanar was the first of these camps to be established.

This year’s Pilgrimage will commemorate the 70th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, authorizing the mass roundup and unjust incarceration of West Coast Japanese Americans during World War II. The event will also commemorate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Manzanar National Historic Site, which was authorized by legislation signed by President George H.W. Bush on March 3, 1992. Read more of this post

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Revisiting Camp and Community: A Consideration of Its Relevance for the 2012 Day of Remembrance at the Manzanar National Historic Site

March 2, 2012 2 Comments

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Dr. Arthur A. Hansen, shown here delivering the keynote address at the 39th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage on April 26, 2008,
was a guest lecturer over President’s Day weekend at the
Manzanar National Historic Site, February 18-19, 2012.
Photo: Gann Matsuda

Dr. Arthur A. Hansen, Professor Emeritus of History and Asian American Studies, California State University, Fullerton, was the guest lecturer at the Manzanar National Historic Site, February 18-19, 2012, when he discussed Manzanar in a local, Owens Valley-related context, while highlighting universal themes such as fear, friendship, loss, and loyalty. The lectures were held in honor of the Day of Remembrance.

Dr. Hansen has graciously shared his presentation with us.

by Dr. Arthur A. Hansen

As probably many of you here today are well aware, the year 2012 marks the 70th anniversary of the signing on February 19, 1942, by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt of Executive Order 9066. It was this presidential order that set in motion the forced mass eviction of over 100,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry, or Nikkei—two-thirds of them U.S. citizens—from their West Coast homes and communities, and their subsequent incarceration in U S. Government-sanctioned confinement centers, such as the one here in the Owens Valley at this very Manzanar site. Read more of this post

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70th Anniversary of Executive Order 9066: Japanese American Incarcerees Tell Their Stories To National Public Radio In Nevada

February 27, 2012 Leave a comment

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This month, the Japanese American community reflects upon its past through Day of Remembrance programs, commemorating the February 19, 1942 signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which authorized the forced removal and unjust incarceration of over 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast during World War II.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the signing of that now infamoous document. Read more of this post

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43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, 2012 Manzanar At Dusk Program – April 28, 2012: Bus Transportation Available From Los Angeles

February 20, 2012 4 Comments

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LOS ANGELES — The 43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, sponsored by the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, is scheduled for 12:00 PM PDT on Saturday, April 28, 2012, 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.

Each year, over 1,000 people from diverse backgrounds, including students, teachers, community members, clergy and former incarcerees attend the Pilgrimage, which commemorates the unjust incarceration of over 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry in ten American concentration camps, which were located in the most desolate, isolated regions of the United States. Manzanar was the first of these camps to be established.

This year, the Pilgrimage will commemorate the 70th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, authorizing the mass roundup and unjust incarceration of West Coast Japanese Americans during World War II. The event will also commemorate the 20th anniversity of the establishment of the Manzanar National Historic Site, which was authorized by legislation signed by President George H.W. Bush on March 3, 1992. Read more of this post

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2012 Day of Remembrance In Los Angeles: 70 Years After E.O. 9066: Defending Our Civil Liberties – February 18, 2012

February 15, 2012 Leave a comment

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The following is a press release from Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress, the Pacific Southwest District of the Japanese American Citizens League, the Japanese American National Museum, and the Manzanar Committee.

LOS ANGELES — The 2012 Day of Remembrance (DOR), 70 Years After E.O. 9066: Defending Our Civil Liberties, will include a special salute to the late Gordon Hirabayashi, who resisted the U.S. Government’s unfair curfew and forced exclusion of people of Japanese ancestry during World War II, as part of the community program set for Saturday, February 18, at 2:00 PM. at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM). The program, which is organized by Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress (NCRR), the Pacific Southwest District of the Japanese American Citizens League (PSW-JACL), the Manzanar Committee and JANM, is free, but the Museum is asking attendees to “pay what you can” to help defray logistics costs. Read more of this post

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Professor Emeritus Art Hansen To Present Guest Lectures At Manzanar NHS, February 18-19, 2012

February 14, 2012 1 Comment

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The following is a press release from the National Park Service.

MANZANAR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, NEAR INDEPENDENCE, CA — Dr. Art Hansen, Professor Emeritus of History and Asian American Studies at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), will speak at Manzanar National Historic Site over Presidents Day weekend in honor of the Day of Remembrance.

The annual Day of Remembrance observance commemorates the impact of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066, which, on February 19, 1942 authorized the forced removal of more than 110,000 Japanese Americans from their homes on the West Coast. Read more of this post

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Public Input Sought On Development Of Block 14 At Manzanar National Historic Site

February 11, 2012 Leave a comment

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To download a printable copy of Manzanar National Historic Site’s
Block 14 Draft Master Plan, click on the image above
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The following is a press release from the National Park Service.

MANZANAR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, NEAR INDEPENDENCE, CA — Seventy years after the Federal government constructed Manzanar War Relocation Center, it is working to help visitors understand what life was like for 11,070 Japanese Americans confined at the site between 1942 and 1945. A key step in that process is refining plans for a “demonstration block” at Block 14 to illustrate daily life in camp. Read more of this post

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Toyo Miyatake’s Photographs Of Manzanar On Exhibit at Eastern California Museum During Annual Manzanar Reception

Author, Scholar Dr. Mitchell Maki To Keynote 43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, April 28, 2012

Revisiting Camp and Community: A Consideration of Its Relevance for the 2012 Day of Remembrance at the Manzanar National Historic Site

70th Anniversary of Executive Order 9066: Japanese American Incarcerees Tell Their Stories To National Public Radio In Nevada

43rd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, 2012 Manzanar At Dusk Program – April 28, 2012: Bus Transportation Available From Los Angeles

2012 Day of Remembrance In Los Angeles: 70 Years After E.O. 9066: Defending Our Civil Liberties – February 18, 2012

Professor Emeritus Art Hansen To Present Guest Lectures At Manzanar NHS, February 18-19, 2012

Public Input Sought On Development Of Block 14 At Manzanar National Historic Site

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