Visitors center opens at former U.S. camp for Japanese Americans

Visitors center opens at former U.S. camp for Japanese Americans

MANZANAR, United States - An opening ceremony was held April 24 for a visitors' center built at the former Manzanar War Relocation Center in central California to mark the history of internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. More than 1,000 people including Japanese Americans who had been forced to live in the internment camp, attended the ceremony for the opening of the Manzanar National Historic Site Interpretive Center.

Internment camp for Japanese-Americans in California

Internment camp for Japanese-Americans in California

People visit the site of a former internment camp in Manzanar, California, on April 27, 2019. In 1942, the U.S. government ordered more than 100,000 people of Japanese descent to leave their homes and detained them in remote, military-style camps, including the Manzanar War Relocation Center. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Internment camp for Japanese-Americans in California

Internment camp for Japanese-Americans in California

People visit a cenotaph at the site of a former internment camp in Manzanar, California, on April 27, 2019. In 1942, the U.S. government ordered more than 100,000 people of Japanese descent to leave their homes and detained them in remote, military-style camps, including the Manzanar War Relocation Center. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Internment camp for Japanese-Americans in California

Internment camp for Japanese-Americans in California

People attend a ceremony at the site of a former internment camp in Manzanar, California, on April 27, 2019. In 1942, the U.S. government ordered more than 100,000 people of Japanese descent to leave their homes and detained them in remote, military-style camps, including the Manzanar War Relocation Center. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Internment camp for Japanese-Americans in California

Internment camp for Japanese-Americans in California

Japanese-American Warren Furutani speaks during a ceremony at the site of a former internment camp in Manzanar, California, on April 27, 2019. In 1942, the U.S. government ordered more than 100,000 people of Japanese descent, including Furutani's parents, to leave their homes and detained them in remote, military-style camps, including the Manzanar War Relocation Center. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Visitors center opens at former U.S. camp for Japanese Americans

Visitors center opens at former U.S. camp for Japanese Americans

MANZANAR, United States - An opening ceremony was held April 24 for a visitors' center built at the former Manzanar War Relocation Center in central California to mark the history of internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. More than 1,000 people including Japanese Americans who had been forced to live in the internment camp, attended the ceremony for the opening of the Manzanar National Historic Site Interpretive Center. (Kyodo)