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Manzanar National Historic Site
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Whether is was right or wrong to detain Japanese-Americans during World War II has been debated and most now agree it was wrong. But amid war-time hysteria, it made sense. Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten operated in the US, most in the west, where 110,000 men, women, and children spent most of the war. Today the Interpretive Center houses exhibits and a small theater. A self guided auto tour follows a route through the site including the cemetery, a garden, and signs identifying the empty foundations. A recreation barracks is slowly progressing toward opening. Manzanar National Historic Site was established in 1992 in the Owens Valley, a hot, dry, windy spot on the east side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The site is easily reached beside Highway 395 between the City of Independence and Lone Pine. The Interpretive Center is open 9:00 am to 4:30 pm November - March, 9:00 am to 5:30 pm April - October. Closed December 25. The site is open sunrise to sunset. Free. The Eastern California Museum in Independence has additional exhibits. |
Sign at the entry from Highway 395.
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Site.
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| Visitor Center, the only building left from the camp in 2006 at left and 2009 at right. | |
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| Model of the camp. While driving the site helps the visitor to understand the size of the site, the model also helps clarify the size of the camp and the number of internees. | |
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| More images of the model. | |
Model.
Guard Tower.
Exhibits.
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| This exhibit discusses the sad fact that families were separated from their beloved pets. | |
 Through the window at the Sierra Nevada Mountains. |
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 These former barracks from elsewhere are being converted to a recreation of Manzanar barracks. |
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Hospital Complex.
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Sai-shi-en, (3-4 Garden) was one of several gardens at Manzanar that represented three distince levels aligned north to south. An earthen hill represents a mountain from which water flows south to a pond symbolizing an ocean or lake. Internees collected rocks from the nearby mountains and planted trees from the camp nursery. These mess hall gardens provided a source of block identity for the internees who designed and built them. The flowing water eased the spirits and monotony of the years of internment. Other blocks that built gardens were 9, 12, and 22. Today the water and plants are gone and only the hard rock and concrete remain. |
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