Memorial ( Manzanar) group notes by Elizabeth Torres-Rojas (SMS) https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf work hard en-us 2018-05-22 16:29:09 UTC 2026-01-14 14:23:58 UTC hello@padlet.com etor1282 https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf/wish/263002539 Manzanar is most widely known as the site of one of ten American concentration camps where over 110,000 Japanese Americans were unjustly incarcerated during World War II from December 1942 to 1945]]> 2018-05-23 12:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf/wish/263002539 caik1407 https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf/wish/263002647 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. ]]> 2018-05-23 12:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf/wish/263002647 caik1407 https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf/wish/263004874 The first Japanese Americans to arrive at Manzanar, in March 1942, were men and women who volunteered to help build the camp.]]> 2018-05-23 12:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf/wish/263004874 etor1282 https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf/wish/263005088 135 people who died at Manzanar, 28 were buried in Manzanar's cemetery and six remain today.]]> 2018-05-23 12:48:11 UTC https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf/wish/263005088 caik1407 https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf/wish/263005263 The 500-acre housing section was surrounded by barbed wire and eight guard towers with searchlights and patrolled by military police. Outside the fence, military police housing, a reservoir, a sewage treatment plant, and agricultural fields occupied the remaining 5,500 acres. ]]> 2018-05-23 12:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf/wish/263005263 The meaning of it etor1282 https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf/wish/263007860 The inscription is in Japanese and reads 慰霊塔 (ireitõ),meaning "Monument to console the souls of the dead." The inscription on the back reads "August 1943" and "erected by the Manzanar Japanese.]]> 2018-05-23 12:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf/wish/263007860 caik1407 https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf/wish/263012686 About 5,000 Japanese Americans were serving in the U.S. Army when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The U.S. military soon called for another 5,000 volunteers from the mainland and Hawaii. In January 1942, however, the Selective Service reclassified Japanese Americans as “enemy aliens” and stopped drafting them.]]> 2018-05-23 13:09:28 UTC https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf/wish/263012686 If You Have Half a Day or More etor1282 https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf/wish/263030063
Explore the site by foot, see many excavated Japanese gardens, foundations, and other remnants of camp, the Judo Dojo site, Hospital complex site, Administration area and historic orchards. Bring water to keep hydrated. As a reminder there is no collecting of artifacts. Leave everything where you find it. Wildlife abound so keep on the watch.

]]> 2018-05-23 13:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf/wish/263030063 Loyalty Questionnaires caik1407 https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf/wish/263631536 Tensions intensified in 1943 when the government required internees to answer a “loyalty questionnaire.” They were asked if they would serve in combat and if they would swear unqualified allegiance to the United States. Some older internees answered “no” because they were not allowed to become U.S. citizens. Others refused to serve while their families were behind barbed wire. Those who answered “yes” were considered “loyal” and became eligible for indefinite leave outside the West Coast military areas. Those who answered “no” were sent to a segregation center at Tule Lake, Calif.]]> 2018-05-25 13:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf/wish/263631536 Logo and Slogan caik1407 https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf/wish/263635253 In the memory of those who made the supreme  sacrifice]]> 2018-05-25 13:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/etor1282/gwm6fp7d0bbf/wish/263635253