Poston War Relocation Center, Arizona by Francisco Ornelas https://padlet.com/franciscoo4324/t3huw9k9fpa6 One of the Japanese Internment Camps en-us 2018-11-27 22:39:09 UTC 2025-09-25 06:33:50 UTC hello@padlet.com As a result, more than 110,000 men, women and children of Japanese ancestry, most of them American citizens, were evicted from the West Coast and transported to 10 internment camps across the country. https://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/local/history/2015/04/24/arizonas-military-history-poston-memorial-monument/26201191/ franciscoo4324 https://padlet.com/franciscoo4324/t3huw9k9fpa6/wish/309063322 2018-11-28 21:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/franciscoo4324/t3huw9k9fpa6/wish/309063322 Video for poston war relocation centerâ–¶ 4:20Nov 8, 201 franciscoo4324 https://padlet.com/franciscoo4324/t3huw9k9fpa6/wish/309064875 2018-11-28 21:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/franciscoo4324/t3huw9k9fpa6/wish/309064875 franciscoo4324 https://padlet.com/franciscoo4324/t3huw9k9fpa6/wish/310000558 2018-11-30 22:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/franciscoo4324/t3huw9k9fpa6/wish/310000558 franciscoo4324 https://padlet.com/franciscoo4324/t3huw9k9fpa6/wish/310000788 2018-11-30 22:15:24 UTC https://padlet.com/franciscoo4324/t3huw9k9fpa6/wish/310000788 Poston was named after Charles D. Poston, a noted figure in early Arizona history who was also the first Superintendent for Indian Affairs in Arizona. Officially designated the "Colorado River Relocation Center http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Poston_(Colorado_River)/ franciscoo4324 https://padlet.com/franciscoo4324/t3huw9k9fpa6/wish/310001081 2018-11-30 22:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/franciscoo4324/t3huw9k9fpa6/wish/310001081 The decision to take Poston's 71,000 acres was opposed by the Tribal Council on the grounds that they did not wish to participate in an injustice, but they were overruled by the Office of Indian Affairs and the army. One of the earliest to begin operations, it was the largest of the WRA camps in size and also in population, holding more inmates than any other "regular" camp http://encyclopedia.densho.org/http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Poston_(Colorado_River)/_(Colorado_River)/ franciscoo4324 https://padlet.com/franciscoo4324/t3huw9k9fpa6/wish/310001459 2018-11-30 22:19:30 UTC https://padlet.com/franciscoo4324/t3huw9k9fpa6/wish/310001459 Date Opened June 2, 1942Date Closed November 28, 1945 franciscoo4324 https://padlet.com/franciscoo4324/t3huw9k9fpa6/wish/310002252 http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Poston_(Colorado_River)/]]> 2018-11-30 22:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/franciscoo4324/t3huw9k9fpa6/wish/310002252 franciscoo4324 https://padlet.com/franciscoo4324/t3huw9k9fpa6/wish/310002685 2018-11-30 22:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/franciscoo4324/t3huw9k9fpa6/wish/310002685