Camp pilgrimages

Annual pilgrimages to the sites of former camps have become important events in the Japanese American community. They are an opportunity for former camp inmates to visit places that dramatically affected their lives, as well as a way for younger generations to learn the history of the Japanese American incarceration. Often the pilgrimages last for a few days and include workshops, tours of the former campsites, and memorial services to honor those who died while incarcerated.

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Camp pilgrimages (294)

Related articles from the Densho Encyclopedia :
Camp pilgrimages, Sue Kunitomi Embrey, Warren Furutani

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img Stockade wood-burning stove (ddr-densho-11-8)

In 1943, Tule Lake concentration camp became a segregation center. A stockade was built to detain those who were considered security risks by the WRA. This wood-burning stove was used to help heat the stockade.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-11-8/

img [Hannah Holmes with interpreters at Manzanar] (ddr-csujad-29-123)

Dwight, Hannah Holmes, and their interpreters at Manzanar incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P043

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-123/

img [House and visitors] (ddr-csujad-29-131)

Photograph of a large house and 9 individuals. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P072

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-131/

img [Fence and landscape] (ddr-csujad-29-141)

Landscape photographed through metal fencing. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P082

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-141/

img Ireito (ddr-csujad-29-161)

Photograph of the Manzanar memorial monument. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P102

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-161/

img [Manzanar mess hall] (ddr-csujad-29-139)

Photograph of the front of Manzanar mess hall. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P080

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-139/

img [House and tour] (ddr-csujad-29-130)

Photograph of a large house and 19 individuals. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P071

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-130/

img Video Playland (ddr-csujad-29-132)

Photograph of Video Playland. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P073

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-132/

img [Manzanar monument] (ddr-csujad-29-213)

Photograph of the Manzanar monument. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P155

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-213/

img [Incarceration camp as seen through a fence] (ddr-csujad-29-197)

Photograph of an incarceration camp as seen through a chain-link fence. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P139

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-197/

img Tule Lake (ddr-csujad-29-134)

Photograph of Tule Lake plaque. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P075

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-134/

img [Group at Manzanar] (ddr-csujad-29-129)

Photograph of 11 individuals standing at Manzanar. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P070

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-129/

img Lone Pine Thrift Shop (ddr-csujad-29-133)

Photograph of Lone Pine Thrift Shop. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P074

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-133/

img Tule Lake (ddr-csujad-29-196)

Photograph of commemorative plaque at Tule Lake. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P138

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-196/

img [Karl G. Yoneda] (ddr-csujad-29-261)

Karl G. Yoneda at the microphone. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P204

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-261/

doc Press Release for Day of Remembrance Pilgrimage to Minidoka (ddr-densho-122-183)

Updated

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-183/

doc Sketches for proposed tower to be built at Minidoka (ddr-densho-122-184)

for Pilgrimage to Minidoka

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-184/

doc "Why I'm Returning to Minidoka Concentration Camp This Summer" (ddr-densho-122-182)

Essay by Mich Matsudaira

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-182/

doc Letter to Frank Abe from Amy Ishii (ddr-densho-122-216)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-216/

doc Program for the Tanforan Committee Day of Rememberance event (February 19, 1979) (ddr-janm-4-15)

Program for the Tanforan Committee Day of Rememberance event being held at the Tanforan Park Shopping Center (February 19, 1979).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-4-15/

doc Invitation to Tsuyako "Sox" Kitashima to a Tanforan Detention Center pilgrimage (February 19, 1979) (ddr-janm-4-21)

Invitation to Tsuyako "Sox" Kitashima from the Tanforan Committee to go on a pilgrimage to the Tanforan Detention Center for a Day of Remembrance on February 19, 1979.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-4-21/