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Visiting the WWII Japanese American Internment Camps
We’ve seen the layout of the land… Now, let’s take a look at buildings and structures from the Tule Lake WRA Camp that are still there, intact, on the site. There are many more of them than first meets the eye…hidden in plain sight…… Continue Reading “Buildings and Structures”
The Tule Lake WRA prison Camp was placed in the middle of a dry lake bed, on land reclaimed and owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. It was a desolate place, bitterly cold in the winter and hot in the summer. The wind… Continue Reading “Getting the Lay of the Land”
Tule Lake was overcrowded from the start. It also suffered from federal government mismanagement for the duration. This sorry combination was one of the factors that led to major problems at Tule Lake, to its becoming the maximum security prison camp of the WRA… Continue Reading “Overcrowding at Tule Lake”
They say, “Life is what happens while you’re making other plans.” That is surely true in the case of my journey. While Thea and I were celebrating our 50th anniversary of life together, playing on the beach with kids and grandkids, I pulled a… Continue Reading “Starting Out Again Slowly”
I miss the physical part of the journey, but there is so much to do before I start out again this Fall. Mostly there is research, loads of research to be done. Books to read, articles to seek out, maps to study, schedules to… Continue Reading “Before Starting Out Again…”
The people who were taken to Manzanar retained great human dignity and a profound love of natural beauty. One expression of this was the placement of small clusters of stones near their barracks. This cluster is near where Building 5 in Block 28 was… Continue Reading “Spiritual Stones and Dusty Footprints”
This Memorial Day weekend, we remember the honor, the courage, and the sacrifice of Americans of Japanese ancestry who served in the American armed forces during World War II. As the United States entered WWII, there were many American politicians, columnists, broadcasters, and military… Continue Reading “Honor and Sacrifice”
In a place faraway from home…where people were taken against their will and in utter violation of their Constitutional rights…still in that place, there were some who sought to make places of beauty. It was a tenaciously human act of creation. The largest such… Continue Reading “Places of Beauty – Pleasure Park”
When I first drove to Manzanar in the winter, I was struck immediately by the sheer immensity of the place. The Owens Valley is a vast remote configuration; the plane of the valley floor seems to go on forever. On the western edge there… Continue Reading “The Immensity of Place”
It might have been a place of fond memories of songs and skits were it a summer camp dining hall. It might have been a place of stability were it a military Mess Hall. The first would have been part of a voluntary experience.… Continue Reading “No Meals at Home”
JOURNEY of CONSCIENCE 