Manzanar War Relocation Center...
Continuing south on US Route 395, our destination was Manzanar, a remnant of WWII and the ugliness of war. In 1942, the United States government ordered more than 110,000 men, women, and children to leave their homes and detained them in remote, military-style camps. Manzanar War Relocation Center was the first of ten camps where Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned during World War II.
We explored the area and learned the history. Then, as we drove to Temecula, I read, aloud, the book Farewell to Manzanar, the true story of one spirited Japanese-American family's attempt to survive the indignities of forced detention . . . and of a native-born American child who discovered what it was like to grow up behind barbed wire in the United States.
There are parts of history that are painful to learn about... this was one of those lessons. While I understand, I am saddened by the the history here.
There are parts of history that are painful to learn about... this was one of those lessons. While I understand, I am saddened by the the history here.
2 comments:
Fred and I have wanted to visit here. Huell Howser did an episode at Manzanar. Can't you picture him there. "WOW, and so YOU are TELLING ME that..." (good impression?!)
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Hi. Me again! I just looked at your post, after having been myself. I could not help but notice the pictures we chose are almost identical! Great minds think alike.
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