Reporting from Independence, Calif. — Masako Miki came to this picturesque landscape of snow-tipped mountains and desert shrubs Saturday on a mission of remembrance. Miki, raised an ocean away in the ...

In February, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 that led to the forced removal of some 120,000 Japanese Americans from their homes. They were sent to live in rural ...

MANZANAR, Calif. — Guard Tower No. 8 has returned to Manzanar, a vivid symbol of what the place was and what it was not. Above all, it shows that living here, for Japanese American families, was not ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, who uncovered proof that thousands of Japanese-Americans incarcerated in the United States during World War II were held not for reasons of national security ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed off on an executive order that would lead to the ...

When Jeelanne Khattab learned about Manzanar for the first time this year, she immediately knew that she needed to visit the site where more than 10,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated during ...

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It’s hard to believe that more than 10,000 people once lived on the barren stretch of land that is now known as the Manzanar National Historic Site. Located adjacent to U.S. 395, about five miles ...

As the number of Japanese-American incarceration camp survivors dwindles, a new generation strives to keep the story alive. The slow procession moved clockwise around the perimeter of the Lone Pine ...

A new orchestral work uses the story of Manzanar to send a message its creators hope will influence future generations. The music references the World War II internment camps that tens of thousands of ...