Manzanar was the first site to open, and operated from 1942 to 1945. With a peak population of 10,000 crammed onto a square mile, it was the largest community between Los Angeles and Reno.

The setting is as grand and uplifting as any in California, but the story here is one of heartbreak and shame. On Highway 395, in the southern Owens Valley, cradled by the soaring, jagged crest of ...

“Concentration camp” is the correct designation for Manzanar (“Manzanar Building to Be Visitor Center,” Jan. 7). As a young boy I met many former detainees of my own age and never believed ...

Toyo Yamashina was about 2 at the time. The 2023 pilgrimage was the first time she returned to Manzanar, primarily drawn by a group photo in the visitors’ center. It shows her as a child sitting next ...

The Manzanar war relocation center held more than 10,000 people, ... The site is open daily so visitors can tour the barracks, hear the stories and learn about this period of history.

INDEPENDENCE, Calif. — It will touch deep into your soul, tangle with your conscience and, most certainly, break your heart. At least that’s what the Manzanar National Historic Site did to me ...

According to the National Park Service, 2016 saw over 105,000 visitors to the historic site. ... Manzanar was abandoned until its use as the Manzanar War Relocation Center.