Between 1942 and 1945, approximately 117,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated and incarcerated in 10 camps scattered throughout the western United States.
This was an important episode in American history and seems more relevant in today’s vitriolic political discussion around immigration, so it seemed like I should visit all 10 of the camps—or what remains of them today.
I completed this quest in May 2019!
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Have visited
- Gila River
- Minidoka
- Manzanar
- Heart Mountain
- Poston
- Tule Lake
- Granada (Amache)
- Topaz
- Jerome
- Rohwer
Bonus sites visited:
- Honouliuli National Historic Site (Hawaii)
- Leupp Isolation Center (Navajo Reservation, Arizona)
- Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II (Washington DC)
- Gordon Hirabayashi Recreation Site (former site of Catalina Federal Honor Camp) (Arizona)
Bonus sites left to visit:
- Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial (Washington)
- Japanese American Internment Memorial (San Jose, California)