Manzanar: “Never Again” Released – Video by Ken Burns

So Much More Than A Pilgrimage

UCLA Kyodo Taiko To Perform At 40th Manzanar Pilgrimage

Words Do Matter: A Note on Inappropriate Terminology and the Incarceration of the Japanese Americans
Since the discussion about euphemistic language used to describe America’s concentration camps where over 110,000 Japanese Americans were unjustly imprisone

The Power Of Words
Over the last year or so, the issue of the use of euphemistic language to describe America’s concentration camps where over 110,000 Japanese Americans were unjustly imprisoned during World War II has been the topic of considerable discussion. On Thursday, September 3, 2009, the Nichibei Times

Los Angeles Times Features Exhibit on Santa Anita Assembly Center
Santa Anita Park during its days as an Assembly Center where Japanese Americans were temporarily imprisoned before being shipped off to permanent American concentration camps during World War II. Photo courtesy Bancroft Library via CALISPHERE

Report On 2009 Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program Published

Manzanar National Historic Site Volunteer Spotlight: Cathy Erickson
Editor’s Note: The following is the second edition of a (hopefully) monthly article written by the staff of the Manzanar National Historic Site. Your feedback on their work would be deeply appreciated! Please leave a comment by clicking on the Comments link at the bottom of the story. by Mandy Harmon, Park Guide Imagine hundreds of pieces of fabric in shapes, sizes, colors, and patterns sitting next to a sewing machine. You may not immediately see a connection between the swatches and the incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast of the United States during World War II, but meeting Cathy Erickson