WWII Japanese-American Internment Cemetery - Granada, CO
N 38° 02.631 W 102° 20.182
13S E 733740 N 4214029
Camp Amache, a Japanese-American internment camp during WWII. #5178
Waymark Code: WMRWJ0
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 08/13/2016
Views: 2
Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the forced relocation of Japanese Americans living on the West Coast with Executive Order 9066. Over the spring of 1942, some 120,000 Japanese Americans were evacuated and placed into temporary assembly centers before being transferred to more permanent and isolated relocation centers like Granada.
Group that erected the marker: National Park Service
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
23900 County Road FF
Granada, CO USA
81041
|
Visit Instructions:
Take a picture of the marker, preferably including yourself or your GPSr in the photo. A very detailed description of your visit may be substituted for a photo. In any case please provide a description of your visit. A description of only "Visited" or "Saw it while on vacation" by anyone other than the person creating the waymark may be deleted by the waymark owner or the category officers.